Robert Paarlberg
Crop biotechnology: Is misinformation still winning?
The journal GM Crops and Food has begun posting a collection of invited papers on “GM Narratives and Misinformation.” ...
Viewpoint: Beyond marketing — Why claims that “organic = better” do not stand up to scrutiny
Is organic food, grown without synthetic chemicals, healthier than conventionally grown food? Roughly 40 percent of Americans say at least some ...
97% of bioengineered crops are soybean, yellow corn, cotton and canola. Can science break the ‘social panic’ that has limited this breakthrough technology?
As of 2019, 84 percent of all GMO crop acres were in just four western hemisphere countries (the United States, ...
Viewpoint: ‘Less starvation and less malnutrition are a priceless benefit of GM crops’
Over the past 20 years, academics have analyzed the yield effects following the adoption of GM crops in every market ...
Targeting sustainable farming: Here’s how much money low and middle-income countries are missing out on if they reject genetically-modified crops
GM crops produce higher farm incomes plus reduced land tillage practices and lower insecticide use, bringing substantial environmental benefits. While ...
Viewpoint: Innovation vs. ideology — How the US and Europe differ on the goal of ‘green’, sustainable farming
With its new Farm to Fork (F2F) strategy, the EU plans to expand organic farming, an approach that rules out ...
Gene-edited crops pose low risks — but still face regulatory and public acceptance challenges
Widespread enthusiasm about potential contributions of genome-edited crops to address climate change, food security, nutrition and health, environmental sustainability and ...
Viewpoint: Why Europe’s Green Deal Farm to Fork Policy organic embrace is a rejection of green, sustainable agriculture — and will isolate Europe
With its new Farm to Fork (F2F) strategy, the EU plans to expand organic farming, an approach that rules out ...
Viewpoint: By blocking CRISPR gene editing, Europe is rejecting a proven tool to address climate change and food insecurity
CRISPR technology is not the same as GMO technology; it does not introduce DNA from other species into plants. Yet ...
Harvard food security expert: European influence keeps GMO crops out of Africa
African countries have long maintained some of the strictest regulations on genetically modified agriculture, with only four out of 47 ...
‘Environmental progress without organic’: Rachel Carson’s testy relationship with the organic food and farming movement
Rachel Carson, who launched the modern environmental movement with her 1962 book “Silent Spring,” was a highly private person. But ...
The world needs genetically modified foods
The following is an excerpt. The Whole Foods grocery chain recently announced its intent by 2018 to require labels on ...