A Green-Movement Website Shakes Up The Debate Over GMOs
If you're confused by the fight over genetically modified food — and even more if your mind is already made up — you might want to turn to an investigation of the topic carried out by the environmental...
View ArticleHow American Food Companies Go GMO-Free In A GMO World
Many American food companies, responding to consumer demands, are looking for grain that's not genetically modified. It turns out that non-GMO corn and soybeans aren't hard to find. Years ago, grain...
View ArticleFood Industry Groups Say They'll Label GMOs, On Their Terms
In an open acknowledgement that many consumers are annoyed that GMO ingredients aren't labeled, a coalition announced Thursday that it does support labeling. But it wants a federal standard to be...
View ArticleAn Abstract Look At The Food We Eat
Photographer Ajay Malghan takes familiar foods and makes them look foreign. He says it's a statement on genetically modified food. But if you want to just appreciate it as abstract art, that's OK too,...
View ArticleCourt To Monsanto: You Said You Won't Sue, So You Can't
Monsanto has said that it won't sue anyone for accidentally growing trace amounts of its patented crops. Now, that promise is legally binding, a federal appeals court says.» E-Mail This
View ArticleAvocado-Fed Pork? Why Animal Feed Is Going Gourmet
Some farmers say they are willing to shoulder the extra cost and time of specialty feed because they're turned off by conventional feed mixes. A few will even take custom feed requests from chefs and...
View ArticleIn Oregon, The GMO Wheat Mystery Deepens
Government investigators are trying to solve an agricultural whodunit: How did genetically engineered wheat that was never approved for sale end up in a farmer's field in Oregon? Some are raising the...
View ArticleGenetically Modified Organisms: To Eat Or Not To Eat?
Genetically modified crops are here to stay. How should we react? Commentator Marcelo Gleiser says it's time for scientists to take a larger role in the debate, bringing what we know out into the light...
View ArticleAmerican Farmers Say They Feed The World, But Do They?
Farmers say they need to produce food as efficiently as possible in order to feed the world. It's high-tech agriculture's claim to the moral high ground in the debate over how best to grow food. But is...
View ArticleGolden Rice Study Violated Ethical Rules, Tufts Says
Tufts University says that one of its researchers violated ethics rules while carrying out a study of genetically modified "golden rice" in China. The study showed that the rice can fight malnutrition,...
View ArticleSo What Happens If The Movement To Label GMOs Succeeds?
The campaign to label foods containing genetically modified organisms is gaining ground in some parts of the U.S. But GMO ingredients are found in some 70 percent of foods we buy in the U.S. Would a...
View ArticleWashington State Says 'No' To GMO Labels
The "no" campaign appears to have an insurmountable lead in early counts with 54 percent of votes.» E-Mail This
View ArticleGMOs And The Dilemma Of Bias
Recent reporting on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has commentator Adam Frank questioning his views on the subject. At what point must belief in an ideal crumble in the face of evidence?» E-Mail...
View ArticleThis GMO Apple Won't Brown. Will That Sour The Fruit's Image?
A small Canadian company has created a genetically engineered apple that doesn't go brown when you slice it. It's waiting for approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. But some apple producers...
View ArticleA Green-Movement Website Shakes Up The Debate Over GMOs
If you're confused by the fight over genetically modified food — and even more if your mind is already made up — you might want to turn to an investigation of the topic carried out by the environmental...
View ArticleHow American Food Companies Go GMO-Free In A GMO World
Many American food companies, responding to consumer demands, are looking for grain that's not genetically modified. It turns out that non-GMO corn and soybeans aren't hard to find. Years ago, grain...
View ArticleFood Industry Groups Say They'll Label GMOs, On Their Terms
In an open acknowledgement that many consumers are annoyed that GMO ingredients aren't labeled, a coalition announced Thursday that it does support labeling. But it wants a federal standard to be...
View ArticleGMO Wheat Investigation Closed, But Another One Opens
Investigators from the U.S. Department of Agriculture say they cannot figure out how genetically modified wheat got into an Oregon field. Now GM wheat has been found growing in Montana, too.» E-Mail This
View ArticleDebate: Should We Genetically Modify Food?
Many crops we eat today are the product of genetic modifications that happen in a lab, not in nature. Scientists and consumers are divided how cautious we need to be about these foods.» E-Mail This
View ArticleCourt To Monsanto: You Said You Won't Sue, So You Can't
Monsanto has said that it won't sue anyone for accidentally growing trace amounts of its patented crops. Now, that promise is legally binding, a federal appeals court says.» E-Mail This
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