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Category Archives: Food And Agriculture
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This Week in “Get to Know GMOs” Month
For the month of October GMO Answers will be engaging online and across social media to help consumers Get to Know GMOs and better understand the role of biotechnology in agriculture. As others promote activities opposing GMOs throughout the month, we’ll be correcting common misconceptions and introducing consumers to those who create and grow GMO crops. From ABC to CBS, the need for basic GMO education was made very clear on TV this week! The timing couldn’t be Read More >
What’s Your Food Day Story?
Many events celebrating food and agriculture are taking place around the world during the month of October. October 16 is World Food Day. This year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is using World Food Day to raise the profile of family farming and smallholder farmers with its theme “Family Farming: Feeding the World, Caring for the earth.” On October 17, eminent plant scientist, Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, will be awarded the 2014 Read More >
Borlaug Successor Helps Carry on Green Revolution
“I believe that the challenges of 21st-century agriculture and food production are surmountable compared to the past and can be overcome provided we can bring together new knowledge and delivery systems to farmers in a very sustainable manner…It will require all the resources from international research centers, national governments, foundations, NGOs and farmer groups together to synergize future agricultural technologies and food production.” – Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, 2014 World Food Prize Winner World Food Prize Read More >
GMO Answers Marks October as “Get to Know GMOs” Month
GMO Answers has announced that for the month of October we are inviting the public to “Get to Know GMOs” – to ask their toughest questions and join the conversation. This month GMO Answers will be engaging online and across social media to help consumers Get to Know GMOs and better understand the role of biotechnology in agriculture. As others promote activities opposing GMOs throughout October, we’ll be correcting common misconceptions and introducing consumers to those Read More >
Cutting Through the Food Labeling Confusion
There was a lot of media buzz around a Consumer Reports study released yesterday that shows confusion around foods labeled “natural.” We agree that food labels can be confusing. And that’s why we are part of a coalition of farm-to-fork organizations that support a federal legislative solution that will protect consumers by eliminating confusion around food labels while advancing food safety. In addition to requiring federal standards for companies that want to voluntarily label their Read More >
