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Challenging the idea that the world’s farmers have been bought by ‘Big Ag’
Accusations that if you say anything good about biotechnology, then you must be getting paid by the multi-nationals, frustrates Canadian ...
Fast food burgers tainted by antibiotics? Not so fast
So, [October 18], millions of Americans woke up to the latest alarmist headline—that burger chains are using meat contaminated with ...
High profile dispute over GMO safety shines spotlight on China’s biotech handwringing
A dispute between two state-run newspapers over an interview has highlighted China’s unabated fear of genetically modified food. Science and ...
Argentina approves first drought-resistant, herbicide-tolerant GMO soybean
The Argentine government approved the first soy that is tolerant to drought and that also combines better weed control by ...
EU parliament urged to reverse de facto ban on gene-edited crops
The European Union Court of Justice’s (ECJ) recent decision that new gene-editing techniques must go through the same lengthy approval ...
Anti-GMO consumers more likely to oppose nanotechnology as well, study finds
Researchers at the University of Missouri have found that an individual's perception of genetically modified organisms might impact their judgments ...
Boosting crop yields by using genetic engineering to help plants discard natural toxins
Can you imagine the entire population of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the United Kingdom and France going hungry? ...
Are Smirnoff’s GMO-free vodka labels illegal?
Smirnoff, a vodka brand, has tried to place itself under a health halo by claiming it is not only gluten-free but ...
Debunking marijuana myths: Monsanto has not created ‘GMO super weed’
Despite what some chronic users may claim, the cannabis plant is not mystical. Like any living species, its cells house ...
Excessive regulation, trade wars may give rise to black market for biotech crops, experts say
The rise in global trade wars and the recent EU decision to classify new plant breeding techniques (NPBTs) as genetically ...
Viewpoint: Success of first ever gene-edited soybean exposes folly of EU’s hostility to crop biotech
In the US, genome-edited crops have been grown and harvested for the first time – soybeans with a changed and ...
Transcendental Meditation: The strange religious practice behind America’s anti-GMO movement
Celebs from Katy Perry to Ivanka say Transcendental Meditation [TM] helps them focus. The movement’s chief promises more: quasi-magical powers ...
Farmer to FDA: Get rid of misleading ‘non-GMO’ and other fad food labels
If you’ve made a grocery run at any point in the last few months, you may have noticed the proliferation ...
Video: Filipino farmer shares insider tips for spreading GMO acceptance in developing world
To mark the occasion of World Food Day, farmers from around the world will convene in Iowa to share thoughts ...
Biotech industry, anti-GMO activists face off over new NAFTA trade deal
The U.S., Canada and Mexico collectively addressed agricultural biotechnology like genetically modified organisms for the first time in the new ...
Viewpoint: 7-year food fraud scheme exposes flawed oversight of organic farming
Three farmers in Nebraska just plead guilty to a food fraud scheme in which they were selling conventionally grown corn and soybeans ...
Nigerian officials warn anti-GMO groups to end campaigns against biotech crops
National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) has warned activists to stop campaigning against genetically modified crops, describing the act as being ...
Viewpoint: It’s time to replace our fear-based genetic engineering regulations
In the early 1970s a group of scientists -- none involved in agriculture or food -- raised concerns about the ...
Viewpoint: Europe has traded crop biotechnology for ‘faith-based’ agroecology
We are living in a new Dark Age in Europe where innovation and technology are being rejected at an alarming ...
Natural GMOs? Some crops incorporate ‘foreign DNA’ all by themselves
People opposed to or afraid of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) complain that GMOs are unsafe and unnatural. What do those ...
India to investigate Monsanto for allegedly inflating prices of GMO insecticide Bt cotton seeds
The Delhi High Court [October 12] dismissed biotechnology firm Mahyco Monsanto Biotech’s plea challenging the fair trade regulator’s order to ...
How to change the minds of GMO skeptics
Critical thinking is something I’ve prided myself on and something I discuss frequently when giving public speeches. Unfortunately, this can sometimes ...
World’s most popular banana faces extinction. Can gene editing save it?
Suring the summer of 1989, Randy Ploetz was in his laboratory just south of Miami, when he received a package ...
After centuries of failed attempts at breeding a blue rose, biotechnology does the trick
For centuries, gardeners have attempted to breed blue roses with no success. But now, thanks to modern biotechnology, the elusive ...
Talking Biotech: Does LaCroix sparking water really contain cockroach insecticide?
Join Kevin Folta as he tackles recent concerns that LaCroix sparkling water contains cockroach-killing insecticides ...
Viewpoint: If Nigeria wants sustainable agriculture, leaders must embrace biotech crops
World over and in various countries around the world there are laws to checkmate whatever one may think of. There ...
Viewpoint: Vodka is a known carcinogen. Who cares if Smirnoff makes it GMO-free?
Is there any marketing scheme more dishonest than the promotion of an alcoholic beverage as non-GMO? Smirnoff, which claims to ...
