Category: Food And Agriculture
Is a National Fund to Promote Organic Produce a Good Idea?
Slate recently posted an interesting discussion about the Organic Trade Associations’ requested check-off program. “Checkoff” programs …
GMO Answers and Ben & Jerry’s Face-Off at the 2015 SXSW
At SXSW Interactive 2015, Ben & Jerry’s Social Mission Activism Manager Chris Miller and (former) …
G-20 Enacts Plan for Improving Global Food Security
Agripulse reported that on Monday, May 11, 2015, the United States Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack released …
European Union Lags Well Behind the U.S. in Innovation
There are many different explanations for the euro crisis: poor fiscal management, loose banking regulation, etc…But …
Give Your Mom a Color-Changing Petunia for Mother's Day!
Nikolai Braun and Keira Havens of Revolution Bioengineering have figured out a way to genetically engineer certain flowers …
Let’s Make Food Issues Real
New York Times editor Mark Bittman recently published an impressive op-ed discussing the current food movement …
GM Crops Help Ensure Global Food Security Through Higher Crop Yields
Today, BIO announced that PG Economics has released its report “GM Crops: Global Socio-Economic and …
Was the Sweet Potato a Natural GMO?
NPR recently reported that the first genetically modified crop wasn’t made by a megacorporation or or …
The Danger Of GMOs: Is It All In Your Mind?
Why do some push for the labeling of foods containing Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)? Let’s …
Skip the 1,000-Calorie Burrito and Chipotle's Dishonest Food Snobbery
For some reason, the news seems to be teeming with stories related to Chipotle’s announcement …