The modern food technology that Soylent is employing shows that much can be done beyond GMOs for food companies to be profitable as well as sustainable.
It’s particularly stinging that Soylent shies from its support of genetic engineering and fecklessly gives fresh ammunition to opponents of food tech.
In a college campus speech, Dr. Vandana Shiva directed efforts to social causes and away from baseless criticism of agriculture and associated technologies.
Jeffrey M. Smith’s cancellation on Kevin Folta’s Talking Biotech podcast reaffirms that the anti-GMO Smith is not interested in an honest dialogue.
Researchers say that unless the EU allows breeding techniques such as gene editing in organic agriculture, Europe’s Farm to Fork strategy will likely fail.
A ninth-grader in an advanced biology class sent in questions to GMO Answers, and because I am one of the resident experts, they were forwarded to me.
The EPA has proposed a rule that will streamline the regulation of National Priority List sites that pose no risks of concern to humans or the environment.
The SECURE (Sustainable, Ecological, Consistent, Uniform, Responsible, Efficient) Rule, is the first meaningful evolution of biotechnology rules in decades.
What does this new decade have in store for agriculture? The Farmer’s Daughter is ready to give you her predictions for the 2020s in this industry.
Breeding technologies, such as gene editing and synthetic biology, offer tools for developing crops that can withstand climate change impacts.