In the penultimate extract from Fatal Harvest’s demolition of agribusiness disinformation, The Ecologist assesses the claim that biotechnology will solve industrial agriculture’s ills.
… | 1st May 2003 News Agriculture Food Shortage Biotechnology Food Security Biotechnology Food And Farming Politics And … The Ecologist assesses the claim that biotechnology will solve industrial …
The American chestnut is being used as a PR tool for winning over public opinion on the use of biotechnology as a 'tool of conservation'.
… Smolker Anne Petermann | 13th June 2019 News Biotechnology Genetic Engineering Trees … for winning over public opinion on the use of biotechnology as a 'tool of conservation'. The … (SUNY ESF) claim to have created, through biotechnology, a resistant American chestnut …
GM crops may benefit agribusiness, writes Andrew Adam-Bradford. But they offer little to Africa or the millions of farming communities that feed the continent. Rather than impose corporate 'solutions', governments should invest in indigenous agro-ecological farming.
… Ruto has made the case for Africa to use biotechnology in food production to deal with … companies if leaders blindly promote biotechnology. Biotechnology is, generally speaking, the use …
After years of failing to make its modified products do its bidding, the biotech industry is changing tack – now its modifying the protestors. Jonathan Matthews reports from South Africa
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A charity has given millions to a biotechnology organisation in an aim to advance the use of biotechnology on crops in developing countries.
… Africa The Ecologist | 1st March 2009 News Biotechnology Monsanto Africa Gm Science And … A charity has given millions to a biotechnology organisation in an aim to advance the use of biotechnology on crops in developing …
Companies should counter organic groups' criticisms of food technologies to convince consumers to accept biotechnology and irradiation, says US study
… The Ecologist | 23rd September 2009 News Gm Biotechnology Food And Farming Irradiation … technologies to convince consumers to accept biotechnology and irradiation, says US study … most people are prejudiced by learning about biotechnology and irradiation through organic …
The GM public debate, which runs throughout June and July, is the public’s chance to express any concerns it may have over the growing of GM crops in Britain. Andy Rowell explains why your participation is vital
… Farming Gm Products UK Community Food Chain BiotechnologyBiotechnology Food And Farming Health Science … body on GM – the Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission (AEBC) – produced a …
The 'Biotechnology Food Labeling Uniformity' bill has been introduced to the US Senate to require clear, simple labelling of GMOs nationwide - informing consumers while saving manufacturers from a confusing patchwork of state regulations. Could it defeat the dreaded DARK Act?
… USA Corporations dark-act-cut.jpg The 'Biotechnology Food Labeling Uniformity' bill … by overturning state GMO labeling laws. The Biotechnology Food Labeling Uniformity bill … Telling consumers what they want to know The Biotechnology Food Labeling and Uniformity …
The very term 'genetic engineering' implies high precision in the alterations made to genes and deep understanding of their consequences, writes Jonathan Latham. In fact, we have never had either. And even with the arrival of CRISPR and other 'gene editing' systems, that remains the case: technologists are thrashing about in a perilous sea of unfathomable complexities and unknowable outcomes.
… parts of the world where public acceptance of biotechnology is incomplete, a public … itself. In February I was at a UN meeting on biotechnology in Rome, Italy, where a senior representative of the Biotechnology Industry Organisation (BIO) …
The latest salvo in the battle over Africa's seed systems has been fired, writes Stephen Greenberg, with the Gates Foundation and USAID playing puppet-masters to Africa's governments - now meeting in Addis Ababa - as they drive forward corporation-friendly seed regulations that exclude and marginalize the small farmers whose seeds and labour feed the continent.
… products, seeds and GMOs. A recent meeting on biotechnology and biosafety was held to establish a "COMESA biotechnology and biosafety policy … out from 2015-2019, "leading to increased biotechnology applications and agricultural …
Hidden from mainstream media exposure, the World Bank and IMF loan has opened up Ukraine to major corporate inroads, writes Joyce Nelson. Loan conditions are forcing the deeply indebted country to open up to GMO crops, and lift the ban on private sector land ownership. US corporations are jubilant at the 'goldmine' that awaits them.
… our efforts. We also hope that at some point biotechnology is a tool that will be available … lobbying worldwide for Monsanto and other biotechnology corporations like DuPont, … foreign governments to adopt pro-agricultural biotechnology policies and laws, operated a …
The promise of more food from increased yields is driving the appeal for more GM crops, but that promise is theoretical and unfulfilled, argue Dr Ricarda A Steinbrecher and Antje Lorch
… Gm Focus Yields Yield Gm Crops Cultivation Biotechnology Food And Farming Science And … Steinbrecher and Antje Lorch Since the 1980s, biotechnology companies have promised that … in a yield increase. Since the 1980s, biotechnology companies have promised that …
Public money to the tune of £131,000 has been spent on a report that claims to have found farmers ‘upbeat’ about genetic modification – despite its authors having interviewed only 30 farmers, half of whom had already grown GM crops.
… GM Research Farming Public-funding Farming Biotechnology Organics Agribusiness Biotechnology Food And Farming Science And … which included representatives from the biotechnology giants DuPont and Syngenta, as …
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization made a u-turn against organic agriculture after lobbying by the biotechnology industry, according to documents seen by the Ecologist.
… organic agriculture after lobbying by the biotechnology industry, according to documents … of organic agriculture after lobbying by the biotechnology industry, according to documents … angry letter from CropLife International, a biotechnology lobby group that represents …
The former chair of the European Food Safety Authority calls for more publicly-funded research into GM crops to avoid biotechnology firm bias.
… research into GM crops to avoid biotechnology firm bias. The former chair of … issues of bias with studies submitted by biotechnology firms. In an interview with … [we could change].’ Wall also called for biotechnology companies to disclose the …
Scotland’s seabed ‘rainforests’ are under threat from industry dredging proposals, with potentially significant ramifications for climate change.
… Dredging Climate Change Marine Biopolymers Biotechnology Innovation Centre Marine … a grant from the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) that … microenterprises specialising in industrial biotechnology “maximise the value …
We didn’t want GM on your table, but the crucial question now is, will we allow it in our tanks? Robin Maynard and Pat Thomas report
… Biofuel Agribusiness Bio-fuels Agribusiness Biotechnology Famine Organics US US Biotechnology Green Living Climate Change … in the US and worldwide, commented that ‘the biotechnology industry can play a vital role …
The EU Parliament is voting tomorrow on the controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) being negotiated between the USA and the EU. But do MEPs realise that the agreement could force European markets open to 'new biotech' foods and crops using advanced GM technologies that do not meet current definitions of 'GMO' within the EU?
… people and the environment. New techniques of biotechnology on the TTIP table One such area … its obligations to make timely decisions on biotechnology applications." [8] It is very … internationally on issues related to biotechnology such as low-level presence of …
The Big Gene Gathering took place Herefordshire during 1997 and the following December the UK's anti-GMO movement was born. DR DAVID KING has been an activist in the movement since the beginning. Here, he explores the reasons for the campaign's success - and assesses the threats ahead
… to expose the risks and false promises of the biotechnology industry. Processed foods In … industry and government reports hailed biotechnology and the industries based upon it … placing an almost complete roadblock on the biotechnology industry’s flagship products. …
At what point are technologies so complex, uncertain, or unmanageable as to be beyond regulation? The question is key to human and ecological health, writes Jonatham Latham. But instead of learning from successful approaches, such as aviation safety, we are throwing the lessons away when faced with truly complex problems - like chemicals, GMOs, and now 'gene drives'.
… Novel products incorporating nanotechnology, biotechnology, rare metals, microwaves, novel … which applies also to pharmaceuticals, crop biotechnology, and medical devices is thus … manageable. The endpoints of agricultural biotechnology In comparison to synthetic …
The 'Kevin Folta affair' has cast the hard light of day into the dubious PR tactics of the GMO industry, writes Claire Robinson - recruiting and paying scientists as secret shills to promulgate a pro-GM message without revealing their funding sources.
… scientists" , including Folta, "to help with 'biotechnology outreach' and to travel around … the Grocery Manufacturers Association and the Biotechnology Industry Organization are … GMO Answers, for its client, the Council for Biotechnology. Regarding an upcoming meeting …
Greenpeace is being attacked for 'crimes against humanity' by 100 Nobel laureates for blocking GMO 'golden' rice, reports Claire Robinson. But the low-yielding crop is years away from going on sale, and there is no proof of any nutritional benefit to the malnourished children it's meant to benefit. Could the distinguished prize-winners have fallen for slick pro-GMO PR and spin?
… and crops and foods improved through biotechnology in general" , and upon … and crops and foods improved through biotechnology in general; and to do everything … biology, especially seeds improved through biotechnology. Opposition based on emotion and …
Is Monsanto the “clean and green” company its advertisements promote, or is the new image merely a product of clever public relations?
… Modification Aromatic Organochlorines Biotechnology Gm Products Monsanto Health … Drug Administration Considered Misleading.” Biotechnology’s Brave New World Monsanto’s aggressive promotion of its biotechnology products, from Recombinant …