Food & Ag Features
The GLP explores the role of genetic engineering in food production and the polarized debate surrounding it. We highlight the work of our own writers, as well as that of contributors from around the Web. The GLP does not take a position on genetics-related issues; any opinions expressed belong to the authors.
Categories include:
- Chemicals and pesticides
- Organics
- Conventional crops
- New breeding technologies
- Animal biotechnology
- Food systems
- Sustainability
- Regulations
- Politics
- Ideology
Viewpoint: What happens when whole grains meet modern food manufacturing? Labels donโt tell the whole story.
For decades, nutrition advice on carbohydrate-rich foods has offered a simple way to enjoy carbs guilt-free: no need to give ...
Viewpoint โ Food-fear world: The latest activist scientists campaign: Cancer-causing additives
Here we go again. The rather tiresome Activist Playbook is being applied again, this time not to pesticides, plastics, fossil ...
The myths of โprocessโ: What science says about the โdangersโ of synthetic products and ultra-processed foods
Two words used to scare people are impossible to avoid: synthetic and its younger cousin, ultra-processed. Theyโre everywhereโon supermarket shelves, ...
GLP podcast: What’s wrong with ‘doomsday’ environmentalism? It’s false.
Ever notice how the environmental movementโs doomsday predictions arrive like clockwork, each one as urgent as the last? Mass starvation, ...
Viewpoint: The herbicide glyphosate isnโt perfect. Banning it would be far worse.
For decades, farmers have relied on glyphosate โ the active ingredient in Roundup and the most widely used herbicide in ...
Raw milk myth wake-up call
Once again, raw milk is everywhere: in Instagram reels, wellness podcasts, farmer-to-consumer marketplaces, and even policy debates. Itโs being framed ...
Food labels, decoded: What they really mean
Here I am at Costco, getting far too many things for my family of four. As I try to navigate ...
Anti-biotechnology activists smear hybrid wheat breakthrough that could surge yields in poorer countries
In biology, a hybrid is when two different genotypes within the same species crossbreed, and the first generation performs significantly ...
Viewpoint: Dirty Dozen deception: How Environmental Working Groupย turns trace pesticide residues into an annual food scare โ and donations
Another year, another scary "don't eat this" list from the Environmental Working Group. If you believe this nonsense, you'll be ...
U.S.-Iranian War will inflate food costs even if fighting does not resumeย
This is one of those moments where geopolitics quietly reshapes what we pay at the grocery store. The conflict in ...
Trump administrationโs gutting of USAID fuels a health and science crisis
In the rice-growing region of Nueva Ecija in the Philippines, smallholder farmers who supply local markets have long relied on ...
Hereโs why some foods need to be ultra-processedโand how to make better food choices
If youโve read nutrition headlines lately, youโve probably seen โultra-processed foodsโ thrown around with increasing urgency, most likely framed as ...
Viewpoint: How wrong was Paul Ehrlich about populationโs negative impact on growth? Just look at India
In 1968, a little-known ecologist named Paul Ehrlich published The Population Bomb, which aimed to bring attention to the perceived ...
What are the consequences of agriculture misinformationโand how to fight back
Is organic farming better than non-organic farming? Should farmers feed antibiotics and steroids to their animals? Such debates about food ...
Why the herbicide glyphosate is key to sustainable agriculture
Here are some reasons why there could not be sustainable agriculture without herbicides like those containing glyphosate. Sustainable Farming: The ...
Ultra-processed food:ย The term UPF is less than 20 years old. Hereโs its social justice origins
Ultra-processed foods now make up more than 50% of the American diet. They are also less expensive and better tasting ...
Viewpoint: The activist โharm reductionโ movement has hit a brick wall with its targeting of food
Activists are never wrong. When their policies miss, they just move the goalposts. When their jobs (and income) are based ...
Viewpoint โ Glyphosate: Ecological villain or environmental scapegoat?ย
Glyphosate may just be the most polarizing chemical in modern agriculture, if not modern society. Since the World Health Organizationโs ...
GLP podcast: Does industry funding corrupt science? The ‘shill gambit,’ debunked
It's a charge many scientists face: they post a factual tweet refuting common misinfo about vaccines, pesticides or some other ...
Viewpoint: International Association for Research on Cancer and U.S. tort industry extortion racket revs up after release of IARCโs misleading cancer hysteria claims
[A World Health Organization scientific body], the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), published Monograph 140, releasing its initial ...
Donโt take over-the-counter fish oil supplements for your heart, joints or depression, science saysย
Fish oil, also known as omega-3, isย among the most popular dietary supplements. Itโs often promoted to protect the heart, boost ...
Iowa Republicans partnering with quack โRaja of World Peaceโ Maharishi Flying Yoga cult โscientistโ to study pesticide residues
State Representative Jeff Shipley (R-Van Buren), and his Committee for Peace and Prosperity, today announced a major collaborative research initiative ...
Viewpoint: What do organic, agroecology and regenerative agriculture have in common? They donโt work and arenโt sustainable
A farmer drastically reduces fertilizer applications, trusting soil biology to provide the needed nutrients. A crop consultant recommends a 10-species ...
Bamboo shoots are the next โsuperfoodโ? Donโt believe the hype, itโs not based on science
According to the New York Post, our research team has discovered a much-overlooked โsuperfoodโ: bamboo shoots. Before you rush out ...
GLP podcast: How the Green Revolution saved the world $83 trillion
Spearheaded by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist Norman Borlaug, the Green Revolution dramatically boosted food production in the middle of the ...
Viewpoint: Casey Means is poised to become next U.S. surgeon general. That could prove disastrous for farmers
President Trump entered his second term with the backing of the American farmer, but his administrationโs agriculture and trade policies ...
Viewpoint: When it comes to chemicals in medicine and agriculture, โnaturalโ is often less safe than synthetic
Almost nothing in your life is natural. And thatโs a good thing. Take a look aroundโyour smartphone, your fridge, your ...
