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Category Archives: Farmer Gene
NAS Report Upholds Safety of GE Crops and Foods
“Sweeping statements about GE crops are problematic because issues related to them are multidimensional” – The NAS Committee on GE Crops On May 17, 2016, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released its nearly 400 page report, Genetically Engineered Crops: Experiences and Prospects, which examined a range of questions and opinions about the economic, agronomic, health, safety, or other effects of genetically engineered (GE) crops and food. The NAS Committee on Genetically Engineered Crops Read More >
BIO’s Livestock Biotech Summit Becomes Animal Biotech Summit!
BIO has officially announced that the 2016 BIO Animal Biotech Summit will be held September 21-23, 2016 in Bethesda, Maryland at the Bethesda Marriott. The Summit recurrently attracts key industry stakeholders including CEOs and executives, industry and academic scientists in biomedical, veterinary, wildlife and agricultural fields, government regulators and policymakers, and investors. “BIO has chosen ‘One Health,’ as the theme for the 2016 Animal Biotech Summit, underlining the interdependence between human, animal, and environmental health,” said Read More >
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Tags: Agrivida, Animal Health Institute, Barb Gelnn, Cassie Edgar, Chase Crawford, Creative Biotech Solutions, Dudley Hoskins, Genus Plc., George Washington University, Intrexon, Mark Walton, NASDA, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, SAB Biotherapeutics, Tom Carrato, University of California, USAID, Yorktown Technologies LP
Tags: Agrivida, Animal Health Institute, Barb Gelnn, Cassie Edgar, Chase Crawford, Creative Biotech Solutions, Dudley Hoskins, Genus Plc., George Washington University, Intrexon, Mark Walton, NASDA, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, SAB Biotherapeutics, Tom Carrato, University of California, USAID, Yorktown Technologies LP
8 Biggest Debates in American Food Policy
It turns out that figuring out how we should grow, sell, and tax our food is one of the most heated debates in America. In partnership with Pace University, Grist recently published a great piece summarizing the eight biggest debates in American food policy. While we provide some highlights below, we encourage you to read the article in its entirety” 1. Soda taxes “Obesity is one of the biggest health epidemics America faces today…The idea Read More >
What’s Really at the Heart of the Debate About GMOS?
Is science really at the heart of the GMO debate, or is there something else perpetuating the deep divisions on these issues? In a column at Forbes.com, Kate Hall, managing director of the Council for Biotechnology Information and GMO Answers spokesperson, explores this question as she reflects on Scientific American’s forum, “Lost in Translation: Is Science Explained Fairly in the Media.” Hall contends that an individual’s perception of the scientific consensus and their cultural predispositions Read More >
You Can Thank GMOs for Lower Prices at the Grocery Store
Our new column over at Forbes.com explains just how genetically modified foods can benefit society, and your pocketbook. There are many factors that determine the price of the food in your grocery store: demand, weather, global markets, food quality, pests/disease control, regulation, transportation, and labor costs, just to name a few. Whenever farmers can control one of these factors, the more beneficial it is to the consumer. And genetically modified (GM) crops allow farmers to Read More >
