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AquaBounty will label GMO salmon before 2022 deadline to promote transparency, company says
AquaBounty is planning to preemptively label its genetically modified salmon in the United States in 2020, a company spokesperson told ...
Gene editing could yield heartier, tastier berry varieties
Biting into a fresh, sweet berry might be a simple pleasure, but the berries’ genomes are surprisingly complex. The strawberry ...
Viewpoint: Don’t buy organic food if you want to increase farm yields or seriously address climate change
As consumers, our most climate-responsible buying behavior should be to reject organic and its false narratives ...
Infographic: USDA bioengineered food label makes grocery store debut on GMO Impossible Burger
Impossible Foods has enthusiastically defended its use of genetic engineering to produce meat substitutes ...
USDA Kansas City relocation halts research on honeybees, organic food and Bayer’s dicamba herbicide
The relocation of two Agriculture Department agencies out of the District of Columbia has delayed the publication of dozens of ...
Over 99% of farmers follow EPA pesticide rules, so why is the public scared of chemicals?
[In September] the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its 2017 pesticide residue sampling data results. FDA concluded: “The ...
Organic industry opposes CRISPR gene editing to preserve its ‘natural’ farming methods
During a hearing earlier this summer, U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary Greg Ibach expressed interest in opening the discussion surrounding ...
Organic Farmers Association rejects USDA offer to discuss benefits of CRISPR gene editing
Organic grower groups on Sept. 17 wrote they are strongly opposed to opening a formal dialogue about allowing gene-editing in ...
Infographic: USDA data reveal dramatic growth of GMO crop adoption in US since 1996
Herbicide-tolerant (HT) crops, which tolerate potent herbicides (such as glyphosate, glufosinate, and dicamba), provide farmers with a broad variety of ...
Viewpoint: Public supports CRISPR, gene drives to battle infectious disease, plant pests—despite activist opposition
Consumers are less wary of biotechnology when they know how it's being deployed ...
Viewpoint: 5 reasons there’s a ‘civil war’ brewing between organic food advocates
There’s something of a civil war brewing in the organic movement. On one side are industry boosters boasting about how ...
USDA reinstates honeybee population survey controversially suspended amid budget cuts
The US Department of Agriculture will resume data collection for its annual Honey Bee Colonies report on October 1 -- ...
Viewpoint: Myth debunked—GM crops haven’t radically changed our food supply
[In August] South Australia announced it would be lifting its ban on the growth of genetically modified organisms (GMO) ...
Why the USDA employed taste testers to change how Americans eat
Lucy Alexander boasted one of the strangest jobs on the federal payroll. Her official title was the innocuous “chief poultry ...
USDA green lights commercialization of GMO, drought-tolerant soybean
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has given its approval to Verdeca for HB4® drought tolerant soybeans which will allow ...
Lack of regulation could slow introduction of lab-grown meat, former FDA attorney says
[A] former leading FDA attorney has warned that the speed at which companies in the cell-based meat sector are developing ...
Viewpoint: Eating organic is a ‘personal choice,’ but pricier produce won’t make you healthier
Many folks automatically assume that organic equals healthier. But have you ever wondered if the product you're most likely paying ...
USDA: Purple corn could help battle obesity, diabetes
Purple corn is more than tasty and eye-catching. Scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have discovered a game-changing ...
The world faces ‘pollinator collapse’? How environmental advocates and the media get the science about the ‘bee-apocalypse’ wrong time and again
With neither the facts nor the science on their side, environmental advocacy groups are simply pounding the table ...
Sen. Chuck Schumer: Pesticide industry behind USDA suspension of honeybee population research
Sen. Chuck Schumer on [July 28] blasted the US Department of Agriculture for suspending data collection of the decline of ...
Virus-resistant gene-edited tomato won’t be regulated as GMOs, USDA says
Gene-edited tomatoes that are resistant to common viruses can be introduced into the U.S. without coming under federal regulations for ...
Podcast: AI-powered nutrition devices could cut exploding obesity rates. Will FDA rules keep them off the market?
Medical devices powered by artificial intelligence could help overweight people customize diets based on their biomarkers ...
Short on time, US regulators scramble to streamline CRISPR-edited plant, animal rules
All three of the federal agencies charged with regulating bioengineered plants and animals are looking at ways of streamlining regulations ...
‘GMO is too simplistic’: Why industrial microbes need their own classification system
ASTM International is the global leader in voluntary technical standards. If you’ve ever worn a bicycle helmet, for example, you’ve ...
Viewpoint: How the ‘Food Justice’ movement reinforces inequality while doing little to improve health outcomes
It’s not clear what concept of justice this activism actually serves ...
Streamlining biotechnology regulations: Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to lobby Trump for joint USDA-FDA CRISPR gene editing animal oversight
Arguing against regulations classifying livestock as drugs, the National Pork Producers Council wants the Food and Drug Administration to yield ...
Podcast: As more US farmers retire, here’s how to recruit a new generation of growers to feed us
Is farming for the aging? While Paul McCartney ponders, “Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when ...
