Crops & Food
We eat to live. Humans use approximately 11% of Earth’s land for the cultivation of crops for food, but also for clothing, medicine and biofuels. Globally, major crops include sugarcane, pumpkin, maize (corn), wheat, rice, cassava, soybeans, hay, potatoes and cotton.
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Brazil fines major corporations for failure to label products containing GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Brazil's Ministry of Justice ...
USDA: Pesticide residues in food below allowable levels, not safety risk
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The U.S. Department of ...
Father of India’s green revolution calls for more GMO field trials
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. At the time when ...
FDA approves GMO potato that resists blight that caused Irish potato famine
The FDA announced Wednesday their approval of second generation Innate potato. A major step for a crop that has seen ...
Italian researcher accused of falsifying research on dangers of GMOs in animal feed
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [Translated from the Italian ...
Campbells GMO labels are brilliant marketing strategy
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Campbell Soup Co. . ...
Sanders, Murkowski vow to block appointment of FDA commissioner over GMO salmon, drug prices
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A crucial Senate committee ...
Harassment of scientists not ‘necessary evil in quest for science accountability’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On January 10, the New ...
‘Mandatory GMO labeling is a mistake,’ USDA organic label case in point
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The anti-GMO crowd has ...
Are anti-GMO activists really winning the debate?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Over the course of ...
Why there are no long term GMO studies on humans
A very common criticism of GMOs is that the government doesn't require clinical trials the same way we do for ...
Mark Lynas: Mandatory GMO labeling will make GMO opponents ‘anti-choice’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [January 8th], in a ...
Could genetic engineering be a valued tool against climate change?
How can genetic engineering help against climate change? By many, many ways, but only if we let it ...
USRTK anti-GMO activist calls for open access to all scientist emails
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Fear of Fear: Will Campbell’s support for mandatory GMO labeling break impasse?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Campbell Soup company, ...
EPA’s assessment of neonics in citrus ‘misleading,’ threatens citrus industry
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On January 6 the ...
Is ‘all-natural’ becoming synonymous with ‘buyer beware?’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Last spring, there was ...
Purdue entomologist: ‘No such thing as colony collapse disorder, we can use neonics safely’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A Purdue University entomologist’s ...
Lawsuits loom over Syngenta as company is courted for merger
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For months now, Swiss ...
‘Certified organic’ benefits sales, not kids’ health says pediatrician
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Marketing for organics focuses ...
Monsanto, Scotts seek USDA approval for feral glyphosate tolerant grass
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Monsanto Co. and Scotts ...
‘Fruitless food fights won’t feed world sustainably, high-tech agriculture will’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The basic facts concerning ...
Weeds developing resistance to non-GMO linked herbicides in Australia
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. With herbicide resistance in ...
Australian consumers opposition to GMOs about corporations, not safety
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An expert in community ...
Why the concept of GMOs is meaningless
European Union legislation on agricultural genetics and biotechnologies is hopelessly warped — and it threatens to get worse with the introduction ...
Consumer pressure forces ‘Big Food’ to make big changes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In the past five ...
Campbell will label foods that contain GMO ingredients
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Breaking from its industry ...
