GMO Labeling is not a new issue.Bills have been initiatedas far back as 1999, just three years after GMO crops began being planted in this country. But the lobbying power of Monsanto and other big ag-industry corporations continues to block the effort. As a result, the issue has never be...
One implication of the new tools is that plants can be genetically modified without the addition of foreign genes. Though it’s too early to tell whether that will change the public debate over GMOs, regulatory agencies—at least in the United States—indicate that crops modified without foreign...
I think we need to continue improving crops through traditional breeding, through molecular breeding, through agronomic practices like crop rotation and irrigation management, etc. Biotech is a tool to be used and it should be judged as to whether it brings value for individual farms and for the...
In the two hundred years since we discovered that microbes cause infectious diseases, we’ve battled to keep them at bay. But a recent explosion of scientific knowledge has led to undeniable evidence that early exposure to these organisms is beneficial to a child’s well-being. Our modern life...
Before we look at the argument for and against this technology, here are a few reasons why GM foods are produced: to be insect-resistant, virus-resistant, and/or herbicide-tolerant. To this end, scientists have: Introduced genes for toxin production into crops, making the crops require fewer...
1) American consumers have a right to know and judge for themselves what they put in their own and children’s bodies. We don’t need Mama-Monsanto-knows-best force-feeding us untested, potentially unhealthy GMO food because we can’t be trusted to make our own informed decisions. ...
Clearly, both GMOs and gene-edited crops are products of genetic engineering, but one is a GMO and the other is not. Why is that the case? The differences are in how they modify DNA. (Although gene editing has numerous applications in medical and animal science, in this article, we will...
1 WHYDOWENEEDTOLABEL GENETICALLYMODIFIED(GM) FOODPRODUCTS? FACTSFORSOUTHAFRICANCONSUMERS GMcropshavebeengrowinginSouthAfricasince1997andour supermarketshelvesarestockedwithawidevarietyofgenetically modified(GM)foodsbutmostSouthAfricansareignorantaboutGenetic ModificationandtheGMcontentofthefoodstheyconsume. Abrief...
Organic food sales in the U.S. doubled over the last decade, but organic farming hasn’t kept pace. That may change as farmers partner with brands.
On one hand, we are opposing great agricultural technologies such as genetically modified organisms (GMO) and the genetic engineering techniques. On the other hand, we are challenged with the need for feeding humanity into the future, where the global population and food production are not keeping...