A World Resources Institute report said that more GMOs are needed to feed the estimated 10 billion people by 2050, and herbicide-resistant crops should not influence policy decisions.
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A World Resources Institute report said that more GMOs are needed to feed the estimated 10 billion people by 2050, and herbicide-resistant crops should not influence policy decisions.
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USDA investigators last week identified a second GMO wheat variety from samples found in a fallow farm field in Washington state.
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Not surprisingly, GE-salmon may first show up in U.S. restaurants or university cafeterias, which are not required to tell diners that their fish is genetically modified.
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This is ominous. President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the USDA, FDA and EPA to ease rules for approving genetically modified crops and other agricultural biotechnology.
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The USDA announced the discovery of unapproved GMO wheat plants in Washington state and said there is no evidence that it had entered the food supply.
Read Article AquaBounty Technologies has announced the start of GMO salmon production at the company’s Indiana farm, a week after it has received its first shipment of GMO salmon eggs.
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For the first time ever, oil made from gene-edited soybeans is being used at a Midwest restaurant — but consumers don’t know they are consuming this risky food product.
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Unfortunately, thanks to the FDA, genetically-engineered fish is one step closer to reaching our dinner plates. Center for Food Safety is examining all legal options to stop this from happening.
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Researchers at Cal-Berkeley believe that genetically-engineered cannabinoids, produced via synthetic biology, will be available to medical specialists within a year.
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In California, Mendocino County is in the process of prohibiting the cultivation, processing and manufacturing of cannabis and cannabis-based products using genetic engineering.
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The ag-biotech industry is trying a new tactic — attempting to demystify GMO farming by launching a brand of “sustainable” chocolate bars called Ethos Chocolate.
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The unintended side effects of animal gene editing confirm the fallacy that scientists know how gene editing works “all the time, under all conditions.”
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The USDA placed the interests of ag-biotech companies well ahead of those of the American consumer. It is nothing short of a disgrace.
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Having failed to achieve its desired results with the release of millions of GMO mosquitos, The Cayman Islands have terminated their contract with Oxitec as of December 31st.
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Thanks to the important work of Alaskan senator Lisa Murkowski and environmental groups Center for Food Safety and Friends of the Earth, GMO-salmon is not yet available to U.S. consumers.
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Opals are the only non-browning apple grown in the U.S. and the only apple to be certified through the Non-GMO project.
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The EU has declared that gene editing must be regulated like GMOs — a very fair and rational conclusion — but the U.S. is taking this fight to the World Trade Organization.
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Pro-GMO scientists from Cambridge, Oxford and other top European universities are protesting against an EU ruling which declared that gene editing should be regulated in the same way as GMOs.
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Unlike previous genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), gene drive organisms are deliberately designed to spread genetic pollution as an agricultural strategy, and a new report exposes how this technology may harm food and farming systems.
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Critics fret that biotech companies will own the building blocks of life. We’ve seen this playbook before.
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A Defense Department-funded “food security project” could also be used as a biological weapon, something that should frighten us to no end.
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Incredibly risky and novel gene-edited foods will be coming to dinner plates soon, but they have escaped important regulation because of a legal loophole.
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In a wide-ranging and revealing interview, Caius Rommens, a former director of J.R. Simplot and team leader at Monsanto, reveals the hidden dangers of the GMO potato that he created.
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