GMOs
“What’s really gratifying is that we find, generally, 80% to 90% of people in the U.S. want this product,” says Nathan Pumplin, CEO of Norfolk Healthy Produce, the company behind the Empress Purple Tomato.
At the same time, USDA has given HB4 wheat, which features a trait for drought tolerance, the green light for development.
NGTs give us a chance to hit the reset button—and embrace a technology that can make agriculture more climate conscious, more sustainable, and more fruitful.
We’ve got to tell our farming stories—and when we tell them with honesty and authority, we’ll win hearts and minds and defend our freedom to farm.
The European Commission proposed revising its rules on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on Wednesday to loosen some restrictions for plants resulting from newer gene-editing technology.
CRISPR results are identical to results of conventional breeding, and it’s nearly impossible to differentiate from conventional vs CRISPR. The breeding tool is also having an impact on the apprehension of GMOs.
If we want our agricultural system to provide high-quality food at reasonable prices in a way that respects the environment, we need to reject non-science-based ideology and embrace safe technology.
BASF announced it’s halting the development of hybrid wheat in North America, a move NAWG fears could ultimately drive wheat acres out of the U.S., unless more public and private investments into R&D are made.
“We agreed to review their proposal closely and follow up with questions or concerns,” said Tai and Vilsack in a joint statement.
The hidden benefit of population growth: For all the ways that additional people can present dilemmas, they also give us a better chance to create a new generation of innovators who will help us think our way to answers.
Man-made disasters are the worst. And what just happened in Sri Lanka is an eye-opener and offers warnings about food production for the rest of the world—and perhaps most especially for my country of India.
Had Russia not invaded Ukraine, the global food crisis could have been avoided, but a portion of our problem is the result of a bad choice to prohibit a proven technology. This is the definition of a manmade disaster.
As a wheat producer, I will be watching developments in Argentina and Brazil closely—and hope they lead to a better future for farmers, consumers, and everyone.
The lesson is to trust science and technology so that its farmers and citizens stop paying a price they can’t afford.
President Lopez Obrador doesn’t seem to care whom these prohibitions harm. I wish he’d see us as allies in achieving food security---to meet the challenge, we need access to the world’s technology.
The promise of biotech mosquitoes grabs the headlines, but the same technology utilizing genetically engineered (GE) insects is being tested on U.S. farmland.
In 2014, Nathan Reed fought for financial breath even after skinning inputs one by one. No matter how he shifted the figures, the pencil always pointed to the glaring expense of biotech seed. With an eye on cost control, he began switching portions of his ground to non-GMO production supported by a minimum till cover crop scheme, and the change led to farm-wide profitability.
Sticking GMO science on the back shelf carries the highest consequences. As millions of children go blind and die due each year due to vitamin A deficiency, opponents of Golden Rice whistle past the graveyard.
Green Sense Farms of Portage, Ind., is removing weather from the farming equation and scrambling to meet demand.
Russia may have hacked people’s thoughts on GMOs in addition to their political views.
The Indiana-based author and speaker shares why farmers must take time now to share the stories behind food before their license to operate is revoked.
When it comes to communicating with the public, it’s important to strike a balance of transparency.
Michele Payn’s perspective is that people relate to food on an emotional level and not based on science and years of accumulated data. The importance of building connections with consumers—your neighbors next door--can’t be overstated by members of the agricultural community.
For years, Chile has had a curious double standard when it comes to genetically modified organisms. The country is a global powerhouse in the production of GM seeds -- but makes them strictly off-limits to domestic farmers. Throw any in the ground for the local market, and the crop cops may slap you with a fine.
A new anti-GMO campaign by Hunt’s is creating quite the reaction.
A judge has ruled three counties in Hawaii can’t ban or regulate genetically modified crops and pesticides.
So-called “GMO-free” zones have been sprouting up county by county across the U.S.