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Category Archives: Food And Agriculture
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Fussy Eaters – What’s Wrong with Biotech Food?
In the BBC News “Green Room,” Prof. Jonathan Jones wonders why there is such a fuss about biotechnology when it can help deliver a sustainable global food system. We can improve crop variety performance by both plant breeding (which gets better every year with new genetic methods), and by genetic modification (GM). Ouch; yuck – GM. Did you recoil from those letters? Why? “I started making GM plants (petunias, as it happens) in 1983, working Read More >
Adoptions of Genetically Engineered Corn, Soybeans, and Cotton by Farmers Are Up
Yesterday the USDA released a report stating that the adoptions of genetically engineered corn, soybeans, and cotton by farmers are up from this time last year. This just goes to show that when a farmer experiences the advantages that occur with GE seeds, they’ll use them again. The most commonly adopted traits so far are herbicide-tolerance and insect-resistance. The 14 million farmers worldwide using GE crops are mostly adopting them because of the economic advantages Read More >
Supreme Court Reverses Ban on Biotech Alfalfa
The Supreme Court released its final ruling on Monsanto v. Geertson Seed Farm, et al. on June 21, 2010, providing a victory for agricultural biotechnology. While the case addresses the issue of genetically engineered Roundup Ready® alfalfa specifically and allows for its deregulated cultivation, it deals more broadly with issues of court injunctions, how bioengineered crops will be treated and viewed in the future, and further outlines a solution to violations of federal code. When Read More >
Sowing the Seeds of Discontent
Jan McGirk’s recent story in the Huffington Post about GM corn in Mexico does little more than fan the flames of fear regarding GM crops. What, you might ask is the problem with this story? Unfortunately, McGirk didn’t talk with either of the manufacturers of the GM Mexican corn. This is certainly not an example of fair and balanced journalism. So let’s set the story straight. Agricultural biotechnology is a science that allows plant breeders Read More >
Genetically Engineered Distortions
The New York Times published an op-ed on May 14 authored by Pamela Ronald and James McWilliams. Ronald, a professor of plant pathology at the University of California, Davis, is the co-author of “Tomorrow’s Table: Organic Farming, Genetics and the Future of Food.” Ronald was also a speaker at BIO’s recent 2010 International Convention in Chicago. James E. McWilliams, a history professor at Texas State University at San Marcos, is the author of “Just Food.” Read More >
