GMO eggplant is documented win for resource-poor farmers

GMO eggplant is documented win for resource-poor farmers

Joan Conrow | 
Insect-resistant brinjal, or eggplant, is arguably the most impactful project to bring agricultural biotechnology to resource-poor farmers. Studies show that ...
Genome editing poised to secure global food supply, study finds

Genome editing poised to secure global food supply, study finds

Joan Conrow | 
Genome editing is set to revolutionize plant breeding and could help secure the global food supply, according to a new ...
Ease global regulatory burden to support ‘new revolution’ in crop breeding, researchers urge

Ease global regulatory burden to support ‘new revolution’ in crop breeding, researchers urge

Joan Conrow | 
It’s imperative to ease the regulatory burden on new crop breeding technologies that could feed a warmer, hungrier world, a ...
GM plant grows insect sex pheromones as alternative to crop pesticides

GM plant grows insect sex pheromones as alternative to crop pesticides

Joan Conrow | 
Scientists have discovered how to genetically modify the camelina plant to produce pheromone precursors that can control agricultural insect pests ...
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Consumers remain wary of GM foods, potentially slowing global adoption of biotech crops

Joan Conrow | 
Despite nearly three decades in the marketplace and near-universal scientific consensus on their safety, a new international survey finds that ...
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Viewpoint: Activists hurt farmers by fueling public’s disconnect with modern agriculture

Joan Conrow | 
Farmers are increasingly frustrated and dispirited by the demands and unrealistic expectations of food advocacy groups and activists such as ...
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GMO farming grows to record 457 million acres in 26 countries worldwide

Joan Conrow | 
The cultivation of genetically engineered (GMO) crops hit record levels in 2016, with 18 million farmers planting 185.1 million hectares ...
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Organic movement schism? Fight over hydroponics puts $50 billion industry in limbo

Joan Conrow | 
The USDA's ruling that crops grown using hydroponics and aquaculture can be labeled organic set off a heated debate over ...
Opinion: Anti-GMO documentaries on Hawaii farming warp reality

Opinion: Anti-GMO documentaries on Hawaii farming warp reality

Joan Conrow | 
A movement in Hawaii promotes the romanticized view that the world can be fed locally and without farm pesticides and ...
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Opinion: GMO opponents in ‘frenzied heat’ trying to discredit Food Evolution movie

Joan Conrow | 
Michael Pollan, Marion Nestle and other anti-GMO activists have complained that the documentary Food Evolution is nothing more than a ...
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Opinion: Activists—not biotech companies—responsible for public backlash against GMOs

Joan Conrow | 
Biotech companies like Monsanto are often blamed for not doing enough to combat consumer skepticism of GM foods. But anti-GMO ...
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