New Zealand Herald
Viewpoint: Part 1 — ‘We’re moving away from a binary choice, GM-free or not’: New Zealand debates CRISPR gene edited crops and medicines 20 years after GMO scandal
Twenty years after the Corngate scandal when illegal GMO corn crops may have been accidentally released turned genetic modification into ...
Viewpoint: Ideologically-based beliefs are preventing New Zealand consumers from experiencing the benefits that gene editing in agriculture can bring
It is over two decades since the Royal Commission on genetic modification (GM) responded to the task of evaluating the ...
Viewpoint: New Zealand’s case for genetically edited crops and foods
The world is struggling. The United Nations (UN) has calculated that the number of severely food insecure people had doubled ...
‘More food grown on less land with less water’: Why agricultural intensification is the key to sustainable farming
Rising food prices, gaps on shelves and requests from supermarket chains to be kind and try something else if a ...
Viewpoint: Dissecting the misguided demonization of glyphosate, one of the world’s most effective and safest weedkillers
Social media's coverage of glyphosate has been on a par with that for the Covid vaccine – misunderstandings, mistruths and ...
Viewpoint: Organic farming’s 44% productivity gap makes for a facile sustainability case, New Zealand agricultural scientist says
With all the research and information available it is extraordinary that the myth of organics – that the food is ...
Former New Zealand EPA chief scientist says agrochemicals help ‘provide safe and affordable food’
The US Department of Agriculture has calculated that pesticides have become less toxic, more potent (leading to lower application rates), ...
New Zealand farmers experience 25% lower cancer rates than city dwellers, study shows, challenging misleading environmentalist claim they face higher pesticide cancer risks
The good news [in the 2020 New Zealand] State of Cancer report is that the overall incidence of cancer is ...
Regenerative agriculture is a ‘nonsense’ solution to climate change, soil scientist warns
People need to "wake up" and realize regenerative agriculture is "just nonsense", says Dr Doug Edmeades. In fact, the Hamilton-based ...
Viewpoint: To feed the world with minimal environmental impact, we can’t rely on organic farming
If the goal in farming is feeding an increasing population with least impact, conventional agriculture is the approach most likely ...
GMO ryegrass could help mitigate climate change, but research, regulatory hurdles remain
AgResearch principal scientist Dr Greg Bryan recently returned from the United States where the Crown Research Institute is conducting field ...
Roundup ban? Glyphosate-free farming would mean higher food prices
Food production without the use of glyphosate (commonly sold as Roundup) to control weeds, will mean increased food prices. ...
The disconnect between predictions of a ‘bee-apocalypse’ and rising bee populations
Media stories around bee-apocalypse and imminent collapse of the human food system require a dose of reality. ... There are ...
Australia, New Zealand weigh whether foods created with New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) to be regulated as GMOs
New Zealand's food standards watchdog is reviewing how rules might apply to a new generation of products that can be ...
New Zealand farmers group drops lawsuit, paving way for local GMO bans
Federated Farmers has dropped a legal battle against rulings allowing regional councils to decide whether genetically modified organisms (GMOs) can ...
1 in 4 carry mutation that increases risk of depression as they grow older
A quarter of the US population carries a gene that makes people more likely to develop depression as they age, ...
‘Super milk’: Offspring of GE cows retain hypoallergenic modifications
In 2012, Daisy the genetically engineered dairy calf made headlines around the world after researchers at AgResearch used a genetic ...
New Zealand anti-GMO activists’ rejection of gene editing could have dire economic consequnces
New Zealand urgently needs to have an informed discussion on new science technologies — and genetically modified organisms (GMO) and ...
“In Vitro Meat Cookbook” visualizes humane meat-eating of future
Dutch-based scientists, chefs and artists have launched the world's first cookbook for lab-grown meat - serving up a bizarre assortment ...
GE foods make comeback in New Zealand
The GE-free movement was one of the great activist successes in New Zealand history. In 1999, 20,000 people marched down ...
Gene doping may be the next dangerous athletic cheat
"Bionic man is not far away". That's the assessment of World Anti-Doping Agency director-general David Howman as his organisation prepares ...
Causes of cancer may lurk in the unsequenced gaps of the human genome
The DNA sequence of the human genome is an iconic breakthrough in biology. Originally released more than 10 years ago, ...
Auckland Council at odds with government on stricter GM rules
Auckland Council and the Government are on a collision course over rules for genetically modified crops after councillors decided to ...
Genetic tests reveal need for vitamins
Genetic testing and a vitamin supplement helped dietitian Dr Sylvia Escott-Stump find a stable path for her son after he ...
GM government panel warns New Zealand that it could miss the GM bus
New Zealand has been issued an ultimatum by GM heavyweights - change our tune on genetically modified food or watch ...
