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Podcast: Guardian’s glyphosate hysteria debunked; Intensive farming and pandemics; Where did dogs come from?
There's probably minute quantities of weedkiller in your urine. Should you panic? No. Will technological advances in farming reduce or ...
Podcast: Pesticides cancel benefits of fruits and veggies? Drought-tolerant wheat coming soon? Do DNA diets work?
Do pesticide residues on food counteract the benefits of consuming fruits and vegetables? The FDA recently approved a genetically engineered ...
Viewpoint: France’s Le Monde leads media frenzy hyping flawed study claiming trace pesticide residues wipe out benefits of eating fruits and vegetables
A recent study suggested that pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables could counteract some of the nutritional benefits of consuming ...
Wine story: From Stone Age seed domestication to new age fermentation, here is the evolutionary history of wine
Over the millennia, humans have radically transformed viticulture from a happy accident to a scientifically precise art form and global ...
Viewpoint: Rightwing The Epoch Times circulates anti-GMO hysteria and disinformation usually found on the ‘natural’ left
We frequently receive requests to comment on specific news stories. These are usually examples of journalists or pundits commenting on ...
Viewpoint: ‘Arrogance of affluence and ignorance of ideologues’: EU’s failing agroecology Farm-to-Fork strategy — and what can be done to ensure sustainable farming and food
The world is teetering on the brink of multiple food security crises which will lead to famines, political and social ...
GLP Podcast: Vitamin-D boosted CRISPR tomatoes; Don’t fear monkeypox; Environmentalism is anti-technology
Consumers in the UK may soon have access to a gene-edited tomato that boosts their vitamin D levels. Monkeypox is ...
Viewpoint: Here is why Canada is deregulating gene edited foods — and why consumers will benefit
The importance of, and reliance upon, evidence-based regulations was reaffirmed [recently] in Canada! It was very welcomed news when Health ...
A new European-based organic grocery store came to town. Why does it misrepresent the advantages of organic and the disadvantages of GMO foods?
There’s a new grocery store opening up in my hometown, McLean, VA. It’s called Lidl (pronounced Lee-dul), and it’s headquartered ...
GLP Podcast: ‘Toxic 10’ chemicals in food; Gene editing treats heart disease? Dog-breed myths debunked
There's a "toxic 10" group of chemicals lurking in every single food you consume. Listen in to find out what ...
With the US honeybee population stable, what are the challenges going forward?
There is a common phrase that appears in the popular press, in grant proposals and as a fund raising theme ...
Sustainable GM farming innovation: How Argentina’s drought-tolerant genetically-engineered wheat reduces greenhouse gas emissions and increases yields
In October 2020, Argentina approved the world’s first genetically engineered wheat for cultivation and consumption. Production expanded dramatically in 2021, and will continue to ...
Podcast: Do facts matter when we we make policy decisions about sustainable agriculture? That’s being tested as the public debate over the benefits of gene editing in food and farming ramps up
Innovation Forum founder Toby Webb talks with Jon Entine, executive director of the Genetic Literacy Project, about the rise of ...
Part 2: Misinformation or disinformation? Deniers or skeptics? How the GMO and vaccine controversies are undermining science communication
“Disinformation” is a clever term to relegate the views we don’t like or care to hear to the realm of ...
Nutrigenomics: Can what you eat reprogram your genes?
People typically think of food as calories, energy and sustenance. However, the latest evidence suggests that food also “talks” to ...
How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine endangers our global food system
Life is full of unintended consequences. And unfortunately, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has provided classic proof of the old ...
GLP Podcast: Ukraine war spikes food prices; Journalist sheds anti-GMO views; Creationism in schools
The war in Ukraine could have long-term impacts on global food prices. Can we prevent this dangerous outcome? A Japanese ...
How ‘agricultural intensification’ could cut global farm land use by almost 50%, increase biodiversity and help address climate change
In the context of trade-offs between land use and biodiversity, LMU geographers have simulated land saving potentials for agriculture. With ...
We may soon be able to genetically engineer a synthetic alternative to palm oil, helping to preserve biodiversity. Here are the challenges
Tom Jeffries and Tom Kelleher met at Rutgers University in the 1970s while studying industrially useful microbes. Jeffries went on to ...
Viewpoint: How anti-GMO activists use select studies to ‘prove’ glyphosate is ‘dangerous’ and unnecessarily scare the public
If you want to show that any chemical is dangerous, here's a three-step process that will consistently yield the desired ...
Eating disorders: How advances in genetics and psychology are informing new treatments
In 2017, Hennie Thomson checked herself into a hospital for six weeks of in-patient treatment for anorexia nervosa. She was ...
Rebuffing activist claims, USDA confirms American-grown fruits and vegetables are free of harmful trace pesticides
The results of the USDA's Pesticide Data Program (PDP) for 2020 are in, and they lend themselves to two important ...
How CRISPR and other forms of genetic engineering are revolutionizing farming and addressing climate change
One of the biggest challenges facing agriculture in the U.S. and around the world is how to make farming more ...
Viewpoint: Canada poised to join expanding number of countries endorsing crop gene editing. That’s encouraging — but global reform remains elusive
Gene editing, which allows precise edits to the genome, has been widely used for a variety of applications in laboratories ...
Viewpoint: When it comes to chemical safety, there’s a difference between ‘movie science’ and the real thing
I loved the movie Erin Brockovich played by Julia Roberts who played a lawyer’s assistant fighting the interplay of corporate greed ...
GLP Podcast: CRISPR biosensors; Engineered gut microbes; Anti-GMO groups love the lab-leak theory
Researchers have developed a biosensor they say can monitor the activity of CRISPR gene editing in real-time. Synthetic biology is ...
Viewpoint: Organic industry-funded EWG issues absurd critique of EPA science-based regulation of chemicals in public water systems
Everybody wants to know that when they turn on their tap, their drinking water is safe. According to the EPA, ...
