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Was It the Cowlick?
U.S. federal judge bans sales, planting of genetically modified alfalfa |
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13 Mar 2007 |
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| Was It the Cowlick? U.S. federal judge bans sales, planting of genetically modified alfalfa A first-of-its-kind ruling in the U.S. will stop Monsanto's genetically modified alfalfa in its tracks -- for now. Citing the USDA's failure to conduct an environmental impact statement before approving the crop in 2005 and its "cavalier" response to concerns that the franken-falfa could contami ... |
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| Topics: Department of Agriculture, food and agriculture, GMOs, news (all these topics) |
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Carry On My Wayward Gene
Kansas could see first commercial crop of human-gene-containing rice |
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02 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Carry On My Wayward Gene Kansas could see first commercial crop of human-gene-containing rice A California company is one step closer to growing rice that contains human genes on a commercial scale. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has given a preliminary OK to a plan to sow 450 Kansas acres with the stuff this spring, with 2,750 more acres to come. Ventria Bioscience's three Frankenr ... |
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| Topics: Department of Agriculture, food and agriculture, GMOs, Kansas, news (all these topics) |
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Till There Was You
Researchers hope new crops, methods will help farmers fight climate effects |
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04 Dec 2006 |
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| Till There Was You Researchers hope new crops, methods will help farmers fight climate effects Agricultural researchers are joining the legions who are working to help the world respond to climate change. A coalition called the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (which goes by the just-shy-of-delicious acronym CGIAR) is launching an initiative today that will pour money into developing crops that can ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, GMOs, news (all these topics) |
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Like Blight on Rice
U.S. commercial rice crop contaminated with GM strain |
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22 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Like Blight on Rice U.S. commercial rice crop contaminated with GM strain The U.S. government admitted last week that its commercial supply of long-grain rice has been contaminated by an illegal, untested, genetically modified strain with the warm-and-fuzzy name of LLRICE 601. The European Union, the biggest importer of U.S. long-grain rice, may decide to delay or ban imports; Japan ... |
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| Topics: European Union, food and agriculture, GMOs, Japan, news, United States (all these topics) |
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You Can Grow Your Own Way
GM crops advance on the world's arable acreage |
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13 Jan 2006 |
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| You Can Grow Your Own Way GM crops advance on the world's arable acreage Genetically modified crops are taking over the world. [Evil laugh here.] The acreage devoted to biotech crops jumped 11 percent last year. Biotech varieties of rice -- the world's most important food crop -- are poised to take off in China, a development that would put GM crops into the hands of tens of millions of small farmers who grow nearly half t ... |
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You Taint Seen Nothing Yet
Fans and foes of gene-modified crops square off over biotech pollution |
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08 Nov 2005 |
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| You Taint Seen Nothing Yet Fans and foes of gene-modified crops square off over biotech pollution Folks who want their vittles straight up with no freaky-gene twist may find it increasingly tough to get the good stuff. Genetically modified (GM) crops are gaining popularity worldwide, leading to more accidental biotech pollution, wherein ordinary crops are tainted by their GM cousins. Organic farmers in the U.S. say "l ... |
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You Put Yer Superweed in There
Herbicide-resistant superweed discovered in field of GM canola |
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25 Jul 2005 |
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| You Put Yer Superweed in There Herbicide-resistant superweed discovered in field of GM canola Opponents of genetically engineered crops have long warned that genetic modifications could "leak" into other plant species via interbreeding, possibly creating a new breed of hard-to-kill superweeds that would lead farmers to use more and more herbicides. Multinational biotech corporations have long sai ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, GMOs, news, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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