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Sugary surprise

Would you like some GMOs in your coffee? 93
Posted 1 month ago
About half of U.S. sugar comes from beets--and suddenly, 90 percent of sugar beets are genetically modified. Yum!
Political engineering

Monsanto dropped a cool $2 million on lobbying in Q1 2009 4
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago
Monsanto dominates the global market for GMO seeds like Microsoft dominates the operating-system software market. And it invests a portion of its substantial profits on political engineering--cultivating friends on the Hill.
Flour power

A farmer speaks: no to GMO wheat 11
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Several weeks ago, the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) issued a press release proclaiming that 75 percent of its member farmers support the rollout of genetically modified wheat seeds. According to NAWG, wheat farmers are clamoring to follow their corn and soy counterparts toward a biotech-dominated future. Todd Leake, a wheat farmer and NAWG member, has a different viewpoint.
Truth in advertising?

Monsanto targets public radio to spread false biotech messages 30
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Monsanto has been on a charm offensive, touting its green cred in NPR and other high-profile outlets. What gives?
Tired of rearranging your closets? Why not play with some genes?

OMG, it’s DIY GMOs 0
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago
I learned of a newly popular hobby for the masses thanks to a recent edition of Food Chain Radio podcast: amateur gene tinkerers. It's such an obvious plot for a Michael Crichton book, featuring an innocent experiment wiping the planet's motherboard. Why let corporations and academics in their ivory towers have all the fun?
Yielding to reality

Biotech’s history of overpromising and underdelivering may be catching up with it 0
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Tom Philpott's post on USDA chief Tom Vilsack's comments regarding biotech deserves a bit more attention.
Gates of power

Breaking: Gates Foundation ag official gets USDA post 2
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Obama has named a top ag official at the Gates Foundation to a post at USDA. Gates has been criticzed for its ties to GMO seed giant Monsanto.
How biotech companies control research on GMO crops 6
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
Foiled Rotten

E.U. foiled in bid to force France, Greece to allow GM crop 0
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Ten reader food quandaries solved! 3
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Cataloging the unintended consequences and effects of gene tinkering 1
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
Organic farming beats genetically engineered corn as response to rising global temperatures 7
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Why conventional popcorn sucks, and what you can do about it 20
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Grist cooks lunch for America’s leading food writer 11
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
What happened to the big win for progressives, the environment, and organic food? 5
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Studies show mono-cultures, GMOs, and globalization are problems, not solutions 3
Posted 6 months ago
Searching for the hope in Obama’s USDA pick 4
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
GMO Job

Will the Obama administration be the first to seriously regulate genetically modified food? 2
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Test-tube flesh, coming soon to a hot dog near you 15
Posted 7 months ago
Perennial rice on the rise? 6
Posted 7 months ago