Beer drinkers everywhere need to revolt against gene-edited wheat in their favorite beverage.
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Beer drinkers everywhere need to revolt against gene-edited wheat in their favorite beverage.
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Expect to see a lot more of this, not just in Africa but all over the world — including the U.S.
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As part of California’s 2022 Scoping Plan, which aims to get the fifth largest economy in the world to carbon neutrality by 2045 or earlier, organic farmland will be a massive priority.
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The funding, which was led by Temasek, will enable Brightseed to advance natural compound discovery and clinical validation.
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Bayer has seen the Supreme Court as its last and best hope to avoid potentially billions of dollars in damages.
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In an incredibly reckless decision, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services approved the extension of Oxitec’s two-year field trial, which includes releasing several billion more genetically-engineered mosquitoes into the Florida Keys — one of Florida’s most ecologically sensitive areas.
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Javier Zamora, owner of JSM Organics in Watsonville, said that spring rains have caused more than 80% of his organic strawberry crop to rot.
Agtech startup NanoBio Designs LLC says its technology is able to reduce genetic testing of seeds from days to minutes.
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A disastrous decision but, for now, no GMO wheat is approved for sale in the U.S.
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The music icon, along with Beechwood Capital, Goat Rodeo Capital and others, participated in Lemon Perfect’s $31M Series A.
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The organic watchdog group’s updated white paper profiles the lobbyist-affiliated appointees to the National Organic Standards Board.
Read Article More than 6,000 stakeholder comments were delivered to the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Department of Pesticide Regulation, urging the agency to halt the proposed release of genetically-engineered mosquitoes.
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Politico’s investigation, based on more than 50 interviews, finds that the FDA is failing to meet American consumers’ expectations on food safety and nutrition.
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In 2021, the company purchased more than 40.7 million pounds of organic and transitional ingredients and more than 35.7 million pounds of local produce, which Chipotle defines as an ingredient grown within 350 miles from one of its distribution centers.
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More fallout from the NYT investigation about fraud in the Indian organic cotton market.
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French retailer Carrefour said the initiative is in response to consumers’ growing desire for transparency when it comes to the provenance of its organic products and the production methods used.
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New investors include LeBron James, Maverick Carter, John Legend and Questlove, among many others.
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Let’s hope that rational minds prevail and do not allow this science experiment to proceed.
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A new survey from One Degree Organic Foods reveals a significant gap in consumer education and awareness when it comes to the world’s most widely used pesticide.
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Some UK organic farmers are being paid a milk price that is lower than the price some of their non-organic competitors get.
Read Article Nearly 70% of non-organic produce tested had detectable pesticide residue, usually at levels that fell within the legal limits in the U.S.
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A California water board assures the public that oil wastewater is safe for irrigation, but experts say the evidence is scant.
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A new report questions the dramatic environmental claims that alternative proteins can save the planet, disrupt the status quo or challenge the power of the corporate food industry.
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A publishing company linked to the most powerful agricultural lobby group in the U.S. is releasing children’s books extolling the benefits of pesticides and nitrogen fertilizers.
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