Insect-resistant Bt GMO crops have helped cut pesticide use. Now Nature is pushing back

Insect-resistant Bt GMO crops have helped cut pesticide use. Now Nature is pushing back

Genetic Literacy Project | 
In 2006, a small airplane started buzzing each cotton field in Arizona, a thin, dust-like cloud trailing behind it. The ...
How green are biofuels? Does corn-derived ethanol promote sustainability?

How green are biofuels? Does corn-derived ethanol promote sustainability?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Tyler Lark, a geographer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, grew up among farms, working on a neighbor’s dairy, vaguely aware ...
'It's simply difficult to grow crops organically, on a large scale': Gigantic organic farm failure in South Dakota underscores challenge of scaling up production

‘It’s simply difficult to grow crops organically, on a large scale’: Gigantic organic farm failure in South Dakota underscores challenge of scaling up production

NPR | 
The food company General Mills, maker of Cheerios, announced in 2018 that it would convert [Gunsmoke Farms, located northwest of Pierre, ...
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Fact checking Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant

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The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Following Here & Now host Jeremy ...
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Supreme Court to hear farmer’s challenge Monsanto’s intellectual property restrictions

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Monsanto claims its genetically modified seeds — and all offspring of those seeds — as its intellectual property. If farmers ...
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