Marc Brazeau
Let’s recognize Roundup Ready and Bt crops as major contributions to sustainable farming
This is the first in a three-part series making the case that the development of biotech traits for insect resistance ...
Making sense of the patchwork US regulatory system for genetically engineered crops and animals
The faster-growing genetically engineered AquaAdvantage Salmon took 20 years of regulatory scrutiny to gain approval, while the non-browning gene-silenced Arctic ...
Meat wars: Sourcing from animals may not be what distinguishes meat from ‘meat alternatives’
The US Cattlemen's Association is making a pre-emptive strike against potentially misleading marketing for the next wave of meat alternatives ...
GMO labeling emerges as hot-button issue in organic and conventional food industry fights
Editor's note: This article is part three of a three-part series by Marc Brazeau on his 2018 predictions on food, ...
How consumer-friendly GMO foods could change minds about biotech crops and animals
Editor's note: This article is part two of a three-part series by Marc Brazeau on his 2018 predictions on food, ...
Could 2018 mark the end of the anti-GMO movement?
Editor's note: This article is part one of a three-part series by Marc Brazeau on his 2018 predictions on food, ...
Addressing GMO concerns: Will Big Ag let farmers save seeds?
There is a certain emotional appeal to the idea that nobody should be able to patent foods. But how would ...
Addressing GMO concerns: Are agricultural chemicals hazardous, overused?
This is the second in a series that explores common objections to GMOs that are found on the internet. This ...
Addressing GMO concerns: Are foods “made in labs” the same as those “made by nature”
This is the first in a series that explores common objections to GMOs that are found on the internet. The ...
Addressing all farmers’ challenges: Taking ideology out of the glyphosate and ‘superweed’ debate
Hardy weeds that develop from continued use of a limited control system are problems for all farmers. This is not ...
Organics v conventional v GMOs: Debate grows over farm yields and sustainability
Dubious research supports claims that organic systems can close the yield gap with conventional (and GMO) farming. Obsession with organic ...
Is shifting from GMO sugar beets to sugar cane detrimental to environment?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Last week it was ...
Do anti-GMO activists use ‘tobacco science’?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Credible Hulk has ...
How, exactly, does CRISPR gene editing work?
After having read a number things about CRISPR (and ZFN and TALENS – two competing techniques) I understood the results it could ...
Why seed saving and traditional farming may not be the most sustainable way to farm
Trying to protect farmers’ rights to save seeds only has an economic importance in low productivity systems where the benefits ...
Why Chipotle’s GMO-free move got so much backlash
The last few days at Chipotle HQ could not have been much fun for the people running the marketing and ...
Food 2.0: Will farmers be able to meet the ecological challenges ahead?
Financial columnist Paul Farrell recently explored the investment challenges and opportunities for food tech companies. We deconstruct some of his ...
Center for Food Safety attacks GMO drought tolerant crops, distorts big picture
Conventional breeding is currently outpacing biotech in tackling some complex traits like drought tolerance and nitrogen efficiency. Is it a ...
Enlist Duo: Everything you need to know about new dual herbicide resistant crops
With the EPA poised to clear Enlist, the dual herbicide mixture, next week, the GLP reviews the issues around this ...
In rejecting GMO shipments, is China more protective of health of its citizens than US?
Despite the exultation by some over seemingly anti-GMO policies coming from China, actions of Beijing are better understood as hardball ...
Robyn O’Brien defends anti-GMO crusader Don Huber: Whistleblower or crank?
Following news that Dr. Huber was in a car accident, food activist Robyn O'Brien paints a picture of a scientist ...
Leaked memo highlights new axis of pseudoscience between Dr. Oz and Consumer Reports?
Are Consumer Reports and Dr. Oz teaming up to spread pseudoscience? The GLP has obtained an in house Consumer Reports ...
Quarantine expanded as killer bacterium spreads to California orange groves, GMO only hope
As California officials add another 100 square miles of citrus groves to a 1,000 square mile quarantine, Florida growers are ...
Crop breakthrough! No GMOs! Let’s celebrate!–Why advanced farm technology scares us
Are journalists so gun shy about reporting the 'good news' of genetic engineering that they seek false balance in hyping ...
Synthetic biology’s revolutionary and often disquieting impact on our food system
Synbio brings with it new social, ethical and regulatory concerns. The next generation will bring nearly miraculous advances in medicine ...
Consumer Reports finds GMOs in Xochitl ‘Non GMO’ corn chips, spreads anti-bio misinformation
Consumer Reports finds genetically engineered corn in "natural" junk food labeled "No GMO"—and in the process spreads unnecessary fear about ...
GMO farming abject “failure” claims Center for Food Safety–Is it?
The Center for Food Safety makes the case that GMO crops have "failed", citing "myths" circulated by proponents. Specifically they ...
As state GMO labeling laws are proposed, critics wonder about logistics and costs
With a mandatory GMO label law recently passed in Vermont, and more in the hopper, scientists and the food and ...
