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Ruling out natural causes, experts say ‘rogue breeder’ planted illegal GMO wheat in Canada

Carrie Tait | 
A handful of unwelcome plants growing on the side of a road in Alberta were all it took to stop ...
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As fears of ‘rogue’ GMO wheat ease, Japan lifts ban on Canadian imports

Tyler Dawson | 
One day [in] July [2017], a contractor noticed a few stalks of wheat growing by the side of an access ...
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Did anti-GMO groups plant ‘rogue’ GMO wheat in Canada to deliberately disrupt markets to manipulate public opinion?

Henry Miller, Rob Wager | 
In the summer of 2017, a contractor applied the popular weed-killer glyphosate (brand name Roundup®) to clear some weeds along ...
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Wheat and celiac disease: Modern breeding not to blame for gluten—but gene editing could help

Kevin Folta | 
New research shows that the immune-reactive agents of modern wheat have been around a long time, and are not necessarily ...
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Talking Biotech: Is modern wheat breeding to blame for celiac disease and gluten sensitivity?

Kevin Folta, Senay Simsek | 
Food scientist Senay Simsek: Gluten sensitivity is not caused by the genetic improvement of wheat varieties ...
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15 surprising GMO and gene-edited crop advances underway in South and Central America

Daniel Norero | 
Latin America is a vital region in the global production of genetically modified (GM) crops, with Brazil and Argentina ranked ...
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Creating ‘super wheat’: Genetic modification supercharges photosynthesis

Jonathan Dalzell | 
A growing global food demand is challenged by the problem of limited crop-growing space. Could GMO-edited wheat meet this need ...
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