The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved commercial planting of a potato that is genetically modified to resist bruising and to produce less of a chemical that has caused cancer in animals. The USDA this month gave the Boise, Idaho-based company, J.R. Simplot Co. permission to begin commercial planting of its new spud, called the […]
biotechnology
Top 10 questions about GMOs
What are your questions about GMOs? GMO Answers and the Council for Biotechnology Information are helping to answer those questions. They have commissioned a new national survey which identifies, for the first time, the top 10 questions consumers have about GMOs and to open up the conversation on biotechnology’s role in agriculture. Over the next […]
New forecast tool helps farmers with pests
Much like receiving your daily weather forecast, farmers have the technology to receive an insect forecast. Farmers do the best they can to be good stewards of their land and manage their resources to rid their crops of pests. Many farmers use a crop scout or another professional to help watch for these nuisances in […]
Making food biotech easier to understand
A new website was launched today – gmoanswers.com – to simply help provide answers to your questions about GMO’s (genetically modified organisms) otherwise known as biotechnology. Its goal is to make information about biotechnology in food and agriculture easier to access and understand. Some questions include: How can you be sure that GMO foods won’t […]
GMOs and Environmentalism can work together
We all change our minds about things, right? I had the pleasure of interacting with a #SeedsofChange webinar from the Danforth Plant Science Center (@danforthcenter) featuring Mark Lynas (@mark_lynas) today. Mark jokingly started his talk that he is shamelessly known more for an apology, but is glad to share his story about his background of […]
