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Category Archives: Food And Agriculture
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Debating Technology’s Role in Alleviating Hunger
The blog Plenty to Think About focuses on the issues surrounding global food production and world hunger. Although the blog is sponsored by Elanco, its purpose is to serve as an online forum where many voices can share their perspectives on what it will take to feed more than 9 billion people by 2050. By 2050, the world will need to produce 100 percent more food, and according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Read More >
Frequently Asked Questions about Biotech Foods, Safety and Labeling
Since the first biotech crop was commercialized in 1996, questions have been raised about why farmers are adopting biotechnology (it’s more sustainable, more environmentally friendly and less costly) whether or not biotech crops are as safe as conventional crops (they are), and why foods derived from biotech crops don’t require special labels. As the use of agricultural biotechnology increases globally, people need information about food production that is truthful, so they can form opinions based Read More >
PepsiCo and Naked Juice: Confused About GM Labeling
Marc Gunther is a contributing editor at Fortune magazine, a senior writer at Greenbiz.com and a lead blogger at The Energy Collective. On his blog, The Business of Sustainability, Gunther delves into the much-debated issue of food labeling. I’m a fan of Naked Juice. The Protein Zone and Protein Zone Mango smoothies are great ways to refresh and rebuild tired muscles after a long run. I’m not a fan of sanctimonious b.s., though, and Naked Juice Read More >
Uganda Sets Aside GM Ban to Save Banana Crops
Excerpted from The Guardian, March 9, 2011: A typical adult in Uganda eats at least three times his or her body weight in bananas each year, more than anywhere else on Earth. Different varieties are steamed, boiled, roasted, turned into gin and beer, or simply peeled and eaten raw, such as the tiny sukali ndizi, considered by some experts to be finest banana in the world. But in recent years a devastating bacterial disease has Read More >
The Biotech Labeling Debate
What’s in a Label? Responding to a poorly-worded and obviously biased MSNBC Reader Survey about the labeling of foods derived from agricultural biotechnology, the Illinois Farm Bureau posted on its blog an editorial with its own ideas about how to deal with the labeling dilemma. A rose, by any other name, smells just as sweet. Unless it’s genetically modified, if you listen to some of the arguments out there. Last week, MSNBC ran a story about GMO Read More >
