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Does Big Ag control farmers through seeds patents? Farmers don’t think so.
Farmers have a wide range of choices for seeds, including conventional and GMO. And most, for economic and performance rather ...
Why do we need GMOs if we already grow enough food to feed the world?
The world produces enough food to feed everyone, but what does that really mean, considering abundant food in the west ...
Podcast: Yale neurologist Steven Novella debunks popular myths about GMO golden rice
As Bangladesh prepares to release GMO golden rice, Yale University clinical neurologist Steven Novella and co-hosts debunk some popular myths ...
Viewpoint: Despite anti-GMO opposition, poor farmers will finally plant ‘life-saving’ golden rice
Golden Rice which has been genetically engineered to have higher levels of the vitamin A precursor beta-carotene is finally about ...
Viewpoint: How monarch butterflies exposed the hypocrisy of anti-GMO Greenpeace
In the past, I have asked....two very silly sounding questions toward Greenpeace. Why do they like watermelons? And why do they like grapefruits? As ...
Glyphosate scares, Natural News’ Mike Adams unhinged and the ‘bee-pocalypse’: GLP’s 8 most impactful farm and food stories of 2018
These stories shaped a tumultuous year for agricultural biotech ...
Viewpoint: How Canadian farmers beat anti-GMO Greenpeace at its own game
I confess I don’t read that many books in a year – preferring shorter Internet features instead – but I’m ...
10 GMO memes backed up by science
Anti-GMO activists have churned out memes critical of GM crops and food. Now science enthusiasts are fighting back with fact-based ...
Audio: Greenpeace, UK farmers and chemical industry square off over neonicotinoid pesticide ban
The debate over neonicotinoids continued ... during a BBC Radio segment as farmers, environmentalists and the chemical industry weighed in on ...
Are GMO critics more open to gene editing that targets plant and human diseases?
The early generations of transgenic plants focused primarily on increasing productivity, either by reducing pest damage or increasing yields by ...
Despite EU gene-editing restrictions, Dutch government may greenlight CRISPR crop studies
Dutch agriculture minister Carola Schouten is considering allowing experiments involving a ‘light form’ of crop genetic modification even though the ...
Science-based regulations in US weaken influence of anti-GMO groups, study suggests
We applied institutional theory to examine the effect of differences in institutional pressures on strategic decisions of .... Greenpeace, in ...
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: Europe’s anti-GMO activists copy smear tactics of extremist US organic lobbyists
Some bad ideas have originated in America. Reality television, spray-on cheese, pineapple pizza, and deep-fried Hostess Twinkies come to mind. But the ...
Who should we thank for all those wonderful fruits and vegetables? ‘Not Mother Nature’
Half of the vegetables grown in the United States are from California. “California is famous for three things: “Hollywood, Silicon ...
GMO wine: Are we ready for it?
Genetic modification of grapes could help wine growers deal with a range of challenges -- if they can be convinced ...
South Australia launches ‘independent review’ of GMO crop moratorium
South Australia has announced an independent review into the state's moratorium on genetically modified (GM) crops. Economist and agriculture policy ...
How genetics could help agroecology—the science, not the political movement
Agroecology isn’t rocket science So wrote Daniel Moss, head of the AgroEcology Fund, and Mark Bittman, former food columnist, in ...
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 ...
Viewpoint: Greenpeace and ‘the awful reality of anti-science activism’
The Austrian research portal "Addendum" released a bombshell video regarding the facts, figures, and positions regarding GMO foods. In this ...
Science setback? What’s next now that European court rules gene-edited crops are GMOs?
With the European court ruling that CRISPR crops and other gene-edited foods must be treated as classic transgenic GMOs, scientists worry ...
European court appears poised to rule that gene edited crops should not be regulated as GMOs
Gene editing in agriculture takes centre stage [July 25th] when Europe’s highest court rules in a case that could determine ...
Was there Russian collusion? When it comes to prominent anti-GMO groups, the disturbing answer is ‘yes’
Modern genetic engineering techniques applied to agriculture are making stunning advances. This year, after decades in (gratuitous) regulatory limbo, the ...
Did anti-GMO groups plant ‘rogue’ GMO wheat in Canada to deliberately disrupt markets to manipulate public opinion?
In the summer of 2017, a contractor applied the popular weed-killer glyphosate (brand name Roundup®) to clear some weeds along ...
Viewpoint: Once fierce opponents of GMOs, Australian Greens may be softening their hard-line stance
A former radical environmental activist who made a stunning reversal on genetically-modified crops believes Australian farmers need access to the ...
Video: Nobel Laureate Richard Roberts recruits young scientists to counter Greenpeace misinformation about ‘failure’ of nutritionally enhanced Golden Rice, GMOs
When Monsanto first tried to introduce GMO seeds into Europe there was a backlash by the Green parties and their ...
Viewpoint: Simple disclosure—not fancy logo—is what GMO labeling needs
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has come up with cheerful new labels for genetically modified foods. The bright green and ...