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Tag Archives: BIOTECH
WSJ: “You can’t make medical progress by punishing medical advances.”
Check out today’s Wall Street Journal Editorial, highlighting why you can’t make medical progress by punishing medical advances. The editorial highlight’s how political attacks on the innovation ecosystem undermine the ability to bring important advances to patients. It notes that new initiatives, such as the Administration’s cancer “moonshot,” will be less likely to find success if short-sighted politicians create “investment uncertainty” that will drive away private capital away from the biopharmaceutical sector.” Read more in Read More >
Registration Opens for April 2016 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology in San Diego
On Tuesday, January 26, 2016, BIO officially opened registration for the 2016 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology. This year’s conference will be held April 17-20, 2016 in sunny Southern California at the San Diego Convention Center. The 2016 World Congress is the largest international industrial biotech event bringing together more than 1,200 leaders in advanced biofuels, biobased products and renewable chemicals. The conference will include 5 plenary session, 48 breakout sessions, networking sessions and special workshops. Attendees Read More >
Hawaii is Ground Zero for Ag Innovation
Hawaii’s farmers have endured their share of challenges in recent years: Without regard for the opinions of local farmers, GMO activists have pushed for bans on the use of biotechnology; many farms suffered devastation from 2014’s Hurricane Isselle; Anti-biotech activists chopped down hundreds of Hawaii’s papaya trees that were genetically engineered to resist the ringspot virus; and now, Hawaii’s sugar plantations are disappearing. Amid these hardships, Hawaii’s farmers remain proud about the role they play Read More >
Let’s Take a Look Back at 2015: Agriculture
2015 was a year of challenges and accomplishments for the Agriculture Industry. Trade, GMO labeling and the COOL Act are just naming a few items that were up for discussion and debate. Below are 10 noteworthy Ag events that happened in 2015, making it a memorable year for the industry. GE Salmon – After more than two decades of regulatory review, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally approved the genetically engineered (GE) AquAdvantage® Read More >
How Should We Go About Fixing Our Food System From The Ground Up?
“I have a theory. It’s a theory about why we’re having such a misguided, unconstructive discussion about several hot-button food-related issues, GMOs first among them,” states Tamar Haspel in her recent Washington Post piece If GMOs aren’t the problem with our food system, then what is?. In her article, Haspel aims to answer the questions: leaving aside GMOs for the moment, what’s the problem with our food? How, in other words, should we go about fixing our food system, from Read More >
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Tags: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, American Farm Bureau Federation, BIOTECH, Bipartisan Policy Center, Bob Stallman, Center for Science in n, Conventional Farming, Dan Glickman, Food, Food Policy Action, Food system, GMOs, Hugh Grant, Laura Batra, Michael Jacobson, monsanto, organic, Organic Trade Association, Ricardo Salvador, SNAP, Tom Colicchio, Union of Concerned Scientists, WIC
Tags: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, American Farm Bureau Federation, BIOTECH, Bipartisan Policy Center, Bob Stallman, Center for Science in n, Conventional Farming, Dan Glickman, Food, Food Policy Action, Food system, GMOs, Hugh Grant, Laura Batra, Michael Jacobson, monsanto, organic, Organic Trade Association, Ricardo Salvador, SNAP, Tom Colicchio, Union of Concerned Scientists, WIC
