sustainability
Are pesticide residues on food something to worry about?
Just like anything that goes into your body, it’s the dose (the amount) that matters ...
Viewpoint: GMO crops are key to sustainable farming — why are some scientists afraid to talk about them?
A shallow piece in the journal Science downplaying the importance of GMO crops belongs in a New Age publication ...
GLP podcast and video: ESG undermines sustainable farming? Top-10 anti-biotech propagandists; FDA’s ‘healthy’ food labels
Environmental-Social-Governance (ESG) metrics are supposed to help promote sustainable industry, but could they actually undermine efforts to make farming more ...
GLP podcast: ‘Only 60 harvests left,’ debunked; Beating pesticide resistance; ‘Regulation through litigation’ threatens sustainable farming?
Have we so badly depleted the world's soil that we only have 60 harvests left? No. New "green" pesticides could ...
GLP Facts and Fallacies Podcast and Video: ‘Industrial’ farming unsustainable? Junk science and academic freedom; Oxalate, the new dietary bogeyman
Are our current farming practices unsustainable? If so, how do we make them sustainable? Academic freedom enables researchers to pursue ...
Podcast: Life-saving snake venom? Palm oil from gene-edited soybeans; Fighting plastic pollution with biotech
Believe it or not, scientists are exploiting venom from snakes, snails and other poisonous critters to make life-saving medicines. Could ...
Viewpoint: Fact-checking anti-GMO activist Vandana Shiva’s ‘Poison-Free, Fossil-Free’ food lecture
The event was a missed opportunity to have the more nuanced discussion that such an important topic deserves ...
Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch: The chemists who revolutionized fertilizer production and ‘changed the world for the better’
Without the efforts of Haber and Bosch, the world’s population would be much smaller ...
‘If you have no food, you have hunger’: Why one Nigerian biotech scientist breeds drought-tolerant and biofortified corn
Nigerian scientist Dr. Sylvester Oikeh has long used his research prowess to advance healthy crops for humanitarian purposes. His motivation ...
Using GM crops to safely feed more people is a ‘no brainer,’ plant scientist says
Whether drought, disease, or simply increasing the efficiency of crops, [Borglaug Institute director Elsa] Murano and her colleagues work every ...
Decoded genome of New World screwworm could help prevent billions of dollars in livestock losses
The New World screwworm’s Latin name means “man-eater.” These shiny blue flies with pumpkin-orange eyes lay up to 400 eggs ...
Thank bugs for red velvet cake? How Cochineal insects became a sustainable source of food dye
A surprising amount of the food we consume contains various compounds to add color. Marshmallows look white, but they contain ...
Cowspiracy? GMO OMG? Beware of misleading food ‘documentaries,’ ex-organic farmer warns
Not long ago, I spoke to a teacher who had recently shown Food, Inc. to her class, and she asked me my ...
‘Farmers aren’t stupid.’ If ‘regenerative agriculture’ worked, they’d embrace it, New Zealand dairy scientist says
This is a call to make it clear that what is being suggested by environmentalists will limit our ability to ...
CRISPR-edited poplar trees could cut carbon emissions during paper production
Researchers led by prof. Wout Boerjan (VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology) have discovered a way to stably finetune the ...
Cuban president says GM crops and agroecology can help sustainably boost food production
One of the Cuban government’s priorities is to achieve the highest possible agricultural production with the decisive contribution of science ...
Natural is better? Fungus used in organic pesticides may cause ‘severe rot’ in corn, study finds
Protecting crops against pests and diseases is essential to ensure a secure food supply. Around 95 percent of food comes ...
Estimated 140,000 plants facing extinction, report finds, threatening progress in medicine, farming
Plants and fungi hold promise as future medicines, fuels and foods, according to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. But opportunities ...
Could lab-grown sushi save rapidly declining fish populations?
[A]according to the Global Aquaculture Alliance, 3.1 billion people around the world now rely on fish and seafood for a ...
Lab-grown…kibble? How cultured meat might sustainably feed our cats and dogs
The alternative meat movement is growing and quite literally for some companies. Companies like Bond see lab-grown meat as a ...
Podcast: Neuralink brain chips; Flu vaccines during COVID; US farm system unraveling?
Elon Musk's company Neuralink recently debuted its brain implant in pigs, pushing us a little closer to integrating humans and ...
Podcast: Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue interviews GLP’s Jon Entine on feeding the world sustainably through biotech innovation and challenging the ‘myth of organics’
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue wants to welcome you to his very own podcast – “The Sonnyside of the Farm.” ...
Pesticide-free crop protection yields sizable economic benefits in Asia-Pacific
Scientists have estimated for the first time how nature-based solutions for agricultural pest control deliver US$14.6 to US$19.5 billion annually ...
Seafood of the future: Could lab-grown fish replace its wild and farmed relatives?
Do we need animals to make meat? What if we could grow cells outside the body of an animal to ...
Vegan eggs, lab-grown beef jerky and 10 other alternative proteins we could be eating soon
[On August 11], Big Idea Ventures (BIV) announces the launch of its second food technology accelerator program in New York City ...
Sustainability report questions Beyond Meat’s environmental benefits, but is it a fair analysis?
Beyond Meat is lacking in environmental impact disclosures when compared to conventional meat giants Hormel and Tyson Foods, according to ...
‘On-off’ immune switch in plants could lead to more disease-resistant crops
Keini Dressano, Alisa Huffaker and their colleagues at the University of California San Diego's Division of Biological Sciences have discovered ...
