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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 ...
Could blockchain-based product labels help build consumer trust in our food system?
The labeling of our food is a notoriously murky business. A healthy 82% of Americans say they’ve felt tricked by nutrition labels ...
Prosecutors charge alleged ringleader of $140 million fraudulent organic farming scheme
A Missouri farmer and businessman ripped off consumers nationwide by falsely marketing more than $140 million worth of corn, soybeans ...
Organic farming and dairy production much worse for the environment—as much as 70% greater release of greenhouse gases—concludes ‘ground-breaking’ Swedish study
Organically farmed food has a bigger climate impact than conventionally farmed food .... This is the finding of a new ...
Organic vs conventional farming: Which is worse for Earth’s climate?
Organically farmed food has a bigger climate impact than conventionally farmed food, due to the greater areas of land required ...
Viewpoint: Intensive agriculture is the only way to sustainably feed the world
[In December], the World Resources Institute (WRI) released a comprehensive study embracing agricultural intensification as the only way to simultaneously close what ...
Consumer fear of GMOs and political overreaction adversely impacts smallholder farms
Three letters can quickly turn lackadaisical shoppers at a farmers market, diners at a restaurant or families at dinner tables ...
Viewpoint: Why a Thanksgiving dinner using GMO ingredients is safer and healthier than an organic meal
Thanksgiving is upon us, which means families across the U.S. will soon be enjoying the most mouth-watering of meals. This ...
Podcast: GLP’s Jon Entine on the spread of ‘chemophobia’
Chemicals are used to grow, process, preserve and package our food, and are ubiquitous in many products and in our ...
‘Secret Ingredients’: Expert says the latest anti-GMO ‘shockumentary’ is clever, provocative—and wrong
We’ve all see this in a science classroom or conference: The monotone reading from a prepared script, coupled with PowerPoint ...
America’s risk paradox: Flu killed 80,000 people this year, but we’re more worried about GMOs
We had a really bad flu season this year. The CDC just announced that about 80,000 Americans were killed .... H3N2 ...
How western organic food companies are threatening China’s farmers
As Chinese consumers have prioritized food quality, imported organic products have soared in popularity, with some supermarkets following in the ...
Non-GMO labels mislead everybody, but may hurt poor people the most, nutritionist claims
Non-GMO labels on foods are popping up on grocery store shelves all over the US. These labels are intended to ...
Health and environmental dangers of copper-based natural pesticides spark division among French organic winemakers
The vice-president of the CIVB (Conseil interprofessionnel du vin de Bordeaux) Bernard Farges launched a bomb on October 15, announcing that ...
Video: How accurate is Non-GMO Project’s butterfly label?
Make no mistake, the Non-GMO Project isn't here to sell you safer food, they're just here to make money on ...
Is organic produce hazardous to your health?
We’ve all heard the reports. Toxic organic pesticides cause problems for the environment. Organic pesticides are linked to Parkinson’s Disease, ...
Why the USDA is finding it hard to combat surge in fraudulent organic products
USDA has an organic problem. The department wants to clamp down on fraudulent products, but needs to tackle inaccurate government ...
Podcast: South Australian farmers want access to GMO crops as moratorium debate rages
ABC reports on debate over South Australia’s GMO moratorium. Flinders MP Peter Treloar states that he has not seen any ...
Are more consumers willing to pay a premium for ‘natural, ethical, enhanced’ foods?
People haven’t always thought very hard about their food. For most of human history, simply getting enough to eat was ...
Non-GMO Project logo not only deceives, it ironically features a genetically modified butterfly, scientist claims
Perhaps no group is more in the spotlight on the topic of labeling than The Non-GMO Project, whose monarch butterfly logo ...
Eating organic food prevents cancer? New study offers more confusion than clarity
The JAMA [Journal of the American Medical Association] Internal Medicine journal has a report .... on the relationship between organic food ...
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 ...
Viewpoint: If organic farmers want to promote sustainable farming they should reconsider hostility toward CRISPR-gene editing
A University of California, Berkeley professor stands at the front of the room, delivering her invited talk about the potential ...
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 ...
Buyer beware: ‘Organic,’ ‘cage-free’ and other food labels aren’t always what they seem
Certain terms, such as “organic” and “gluten-free,” are strictly regulated by [federal] agencies .... Others are voluntary seal and certification ...
Why organic apple farmers spray their trees with insecticides 32 times on average during each growing season
A lot of people buy organic foods because they believe organic means free from chemicals and pesticides. But the truth ...
Organic trade group suit challenging Trump’s withdrawal of animal guidelines will go forward
A ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia will allow a lawsuit by the Organic Trade ...
