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Tag Archives: biotech crop
Seed Patents: How Innovation May Get Lost in the Grain Elevator
The Bowman v. Monsanto case currently on petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court highlights some unique aspects about protecting agricultural biotechnology innovation. On April 2, the Supreme Court invited the Solicitor General to file a brief to explain the views of the United States on the Federal Circuit’s refusal to find patent exhaustion and whether an exception to that doctrine should be created for self-replicating technologies. Before making recommendations about patent Read More >
Engineering Food for All
The New York Times published a thoughtful commentary authored by Nina Fedoroff, Penn State professor of biology and former science and technology adviser to the Secretary of State: Food prices are at record highs and the ranks of the hungry are swelling once again. A warming climate is beginning to nibble at crop yields worldwide. The United Nations predicts that there will be one to three billion more people to feed by midcentury. Yet even Read More >
Understanding Biotechnology and Food Safety
Since the first biotech crop was commercialized in 1996, some food activists have raised uncertainty about whether or not biotech crops are as safe as conventional crops. As the use of agricultural biotechnology increases globally (currently biotech crops are preferred by more than 15 million growers in 29 countries), people need to be better informed about food production, so they can form opinions based on facts, not fear. Producing Safe Food for Nearly Two Decades Read More >
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Tags: agricultural biotechnology, American Dietetic Association, biotech crop, biotech-derived food products, the American Medical Association, the National Research Council of the National Academies of Sciences, the World Health Organization, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
Tags: agricultural biotechnology, American Dietetic Association, biotech crop, biotech-derived food products, the American Medical Association, the National Research Council of the National Academies of Sciences, the World Health Organization, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
The 15 Percent Solution
Politicians are now beginning to call for a repeal of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) recently announced that she would introduce legislation to freeze the biofuel mandate at current levels, saying, “Expanding biofuels while refusing to take other measures, such as lifting the ban on oil and natural gas production in Alaska and the Outer Continental Shelf, is counterproductive.” Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) also asked for a 50 percent Read More >
