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Tag Archives: Sustainability
Science Advisory Board Has Rigorous Discussion on GE Salmon
FDA Approval Could Pave the Way for Future Science-based Technologies As part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s rigorous, scientific regulatory review governing genetically engineered (GE) animal technologies, the FDA’s Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee (VMAC) hosted a rigorous discussion about a GE salmon on September 19-21. The AquAdvantage® Salmon is genetically engineered to reach its market weight in half the time of conventionally raised salmon thus contributing to more sustainable aquaculture systems. It was Read More >
Modern Farming: America’s Wisest Energy Investment
Be sure to read Stephen Budiansky’s opinion piece in the August 19th New York Times. Budiansky dispels a number of the myths associated with the “virtues” of locally-grown foods and applauds our modern American agriculture system. Whether you prefer biotech, conventional or organic production, you can’t argue that our country serves up the safest, most abundant, affordable and efficient food supply in the world. Agriculture accounts for just 2 percent of our nation’s energy usage; Read More >
BIO Finalizes Impressive Program for Livestock Biotech Summit
Animal Ag Experts to Gather in Sioux Falls, September 28-30 The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) is pleased to announce additional speakers and sessions for its Livestock Biotech Summit, the first national industry conference on genetically engineered (GE) animal technologies. Scheduled for September 28-30, in Sioux Falls, S.D., this first-ever Summit of its kind will provide participants three days of cross-cutting discussions among industry, academic and government leaders, including: Care and Use of Livestock in Biomedical Read More >
Fussy Eaters – What’s Wrong with Biotech Food?
In the BBC News “Green Room,” Prof. Jonathan Jones wonders why there is such a fuss about biotechnology when it can help deliver a sustainable global food system. We can improve crop variety performance by both plant breeding (which gets better every year with new genetic methods), and by genetic modification (GM). Ouch; yuck – GM. Did you recoil from those letters? Why? “I started making GM plants (petunias, as it happens) in 1983, working Read More >
Genetically Engineered Distortions
The New York Times published an op-ed on May 14 authored by Pamela Ronald and James McWilliams. Ronald, a professor of plant pathology at the University of California, Davis, is the co-author of “Tomorrow’s Table: Organic Farming, Genetics and the Future of Food.” Ronald was also a speaker at BIO’s recent 2010 International Convention in Chicago. James E. McWilliams, a history professor at Texas State University at San Marcos, is the author of “Just Food.” Read More >
