gmo
CRISPR is poised to revolutionize biotech crops if politics doesn’t block it
Back in 2016, I wrote a feature story for Florida Grower magazine on the potential of CRISPR/Cas9 to improve agricultural productivity and maybe even ...
Has the anti-GMO movement ‘hijacked’ sustainable agriculture?
The hijacking of the terms ‘green’ and ‘sustainable’ by anti-genetically modified organism (GMO) groups is misleading, according scientists at University ...
10 tips for better communication about pesticide science, risks
One of the biggest challenges for any risk communications professional today is to deliver positive messages on pesticides. Like any ...
New hybrid sugar beet could boost Europe’s sugar industry
Plant biotechnologists from the Ryan Institute at NUI Galway [Ireland] have identified genetic breeding strategies to develop bigger and better ...
What is a GMO? That’s a question with many answers
Nothing seems to upset those arguing about GMOs more than debating the definition of the term “GMO” itself. Most proponents ...
USDA: New US-Mexico trade agreement supports crop biotechnology previously blocked by Mexico
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue ... issued the following statement regarding the announcement on trade between the United States ...
Anti-GMO ‘Russian trolls’ also spread vaccine myths on social media, study finds
A new study showing that Russian-linked trolls and social media bots have been heavily promoting misinformation on vaccines shows just how far ...
‘White gold’: GMO cotton renews hope for Nigeria’s troubled textile industry
Nigeria's textile industry was once a thriving part of the nation's economy. The industry was once the country's second-leading employer, ...
Viewpoint: To be competitive, India must follow its own lead in regulating gene editing
The European Court of Justice has ruled that organisms altered using gene editing tools should be subjected to the same rules as ...
Why there’s little hope of ending public disagreements over GMOs and food safety
[L]ook out into the future to the year 2050. Do you think our future food conversations will be more or ...
Mexico will ban GMO corn when new government takes office, incoming agriculture secretary says
Victor Suarez, who has been named as the new [Undersecretary of Food Self-Sufficiency] by President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), has ...
GMO Bt insect resistant eggplant accounts for 20 percent of Bangladesh market, sells for 6 times conventional
Eggplant is a staple in vegetarian diets throughout South Asia, and one of the cheapest vegetables to procure by resource-poor ...
GMO corn could be key to controlling invasive fall armyworm pest in Asia
[T]he fall armyworm, an invasive crop pest .... has now been officially confirmed for the first time on the Asian ...
Corporate support for anti-GMO advocacy groups is growing. Do companies know what their money is funding?
Many corporations provide funding to environmental groups and the level of funding has been growing .... Corporate funding of environmental ...
Farming mom: ‘Organic methods made our farm’s environmental impact worse’
Carpooler In Chief, Homework Enforcement Officer, President of Lunch-Packing, Bedtime Efficiency Strategist… When you’re a mom, you never wear just ...
Following America’s lead, Japan won’t regulate gene-edited crops as GMOs
A government panel has decided not to regulate some genome editing procedures. The latest technology involves changing an organism's genomes ...
Farmers say Laura Prepon and other anti-GMO celebrities make their jobs harder
I really wish there were more celebrities out there who embraced the biotechnology and the benefits behind modern agriculture. ...
Americans think they know about GMOs, but poll shows consumers still badly confused
As a non-expert consumer, it’s hard to know what to think about GMOs. Of course, we’re already consuming them, with ...
Viewpoint: German regulators shouldn’t trust Testbiotech and other anti-biotech ‘lobbyists’ to guide public about CRISPR gene editing
Yes, it is important to inform the public about the opportunities and risks of new genetic engineering techniques—but not by ...
USDA patents provide glimpse of coming GMO and bioengineered food labels
On August 7, 2018, USDA filed six new bioengineered food symbols with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, to “certify ...
How anti-GMO groups copy advocacy ‘tactics’ from the anti-meat movement
The money trail behind [organic] food companies and activist groups is shocking, and there are similarities between the anti-GMO movement and the ...
Europe’s decision to reject gene edited crops signals it is losing its commitment to sustainable agriculture
At the same time as Swedish agriculture is affected by the worst drought in recent memory, the European Court of ...
GAANTRY: USDA develops ‘gene-stacking’ solution to fungal pathogens—but will it actually work?
If climate change is the new normal, farmers in some regions of the world will have to get used to ...
Viewpoint: Trying to make smart food choices? Ignore what celebrities say about GMOs
Studies have confirmed that people are more likely to believe celebrities and politicians over scientists when it comes to medical advice ...
Viewpoint: France’s agricultural policies giving rise to ‘green totalitarianism’
[France] is slowly drowning reason in a mass of ideologies that stifle common sense. On glyphosate, the French Association for ...
A farmer’s view on educating consumers about GMOs, pesticides and sustainable food
My family’s farm began in 1880s with a sod house and an intrepid couple—the Banmans—willing to brave the unforgiving Canadian ...
In landmark case, activist attempt to block introduction of GMO corn dismissed by Nigerian High Court
Just two weeks after Nigeria’s federal government approved the commercialization of Bt cotton, scientists scored another victory with a court judgment ...
