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Genetic Engineering Helps Plants Survive In Drought
The Sacramento Bee ran a timely op-ed about how technology can help farmers deal with environmental challenges such as drought. The author is Ted Sheely, a family farmer from Lemoore who grows cotton, tomatoes, wheat, pistachios, wine grapes and garlic. Sheely has been honored by the California Water Policy Conference with the Innovative Water Conservation Award: In this time of unprecedented drought, much attention has been focused on the use of water for farms to Read More >
Honeybees, Butterflies, and Pesticides
Honeybees and butterflies occupy a sensitive space in many peoples’ hearts, and it is no question that there is a call to action to help restore populations. Lawmakers and scientists are working on ways to restore the natural habitats of these pollinators; however, decisions should be dictated by scientific facts and not emotions. Sue McCrum, the President of American Agri-Women (AAW), recently released an opinion piece in response to President Obama’s National Pollinator Health Strategy Read More >
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Tags: agriculture, AgriPulse, American Agri-Women, Butterflies, EPA, Food and Agriculture, Honeybees, Obama, Pesticides, Pollinators, Science, USDA, White House, White House National Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators, women
Faith in GMOs
Religious sects across the world chime in on many issues involving science, religious freedoms, medicine and much more. However, many don’t realize that religious institutions and scholars have also weighed in on the debate around genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and this religious debate is just as important as it is in politics. Vice News author Matt Smith discusses each religion’s current stance on biotech crops in an article titled Here’s What Religious Experts Have to Read More >
Eat Something Good
What do pet rocks, the Clapper, legwarmers, sauna suits, the Atkins Diet, McDLT, Bartels & Jaymes wine coolers, big hair, Bell Beefers and ThighMasters have in common? They were trends or fads that captured everyone’s attention for a period of time and now are only a fading memory. In her post, Eat Something Good, GMO Answers independent expert, Karri Hammerstrom, writes on how fads should just be seen as fads. As consumers “we should never buy into Read More >
The Incentive to Beat Climate Change
On May 27th, Rick Duke, deputy director for climate change at the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change, spoke on the important role that the agriculture industry will play in the coming years for reducing U.S. greenhouse emissions. By 2025, Duke stated that the industry itself could contribute a 2% cut in gas emissions and enhance carbon storage equivalent to about 120 million metric tons of CO2. Andrew Restuccia of PoliticoPro covered Dukes’ Read More >
