Historical Documents “Monsanto’s modified soya beans are cracking up in the heat,” New Scientist, 1999 “Yield Potential and Response of Roundup Ready Soybean Varieties to Raptor or Pursuit Herbicides,” Kansas State University, 1998 “Performance of Transgenetic Soybeans- Northern US,” University of Wisconsin – Madison, 1998 Technical Paper by Dr. Benbrook on GE traits in midwestern corn […]
General Impacts of Biotech Organic vs. Conventional See also: Global Food Security Organic Farming Systems Soil Health Ag Biotech Nutrient Decline General “Is There a Yield Penalty with Continuous Corn?” from Corn and Soybean Digest, 2013 2013 paper in the International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, “Sustainability and innovation in staple crop production in the Midwest” “Identifying Factors […]
Click here to view additional related posts Historical Documents Other Resources Historical Documents “Evolution of the Demand for Non-GMO Corn and Soybeans,” Robert Wisner (Iowa State University), 1999 “Announcing California Right To Know Genetically Engineered Food Labeling Ballot Initiative,” 1999 “Genetically Modified Crops: Guidelines for Producers,” Iowa Grain Quality Initiative, 1999 Remarks from Edward Groth […]
Click here to view additional related posts Historical Documents Historical Documents Transcript of testimony from Mark Silbergeld of Consumers Union during hearings on biotechnology before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, 1999 “Genetically Modified Crops: Guidelines for Producers,” Iowa Grain Quality Initiative, 1999 “Evolution of the Demand for Non-GMO Corn and Soybeans,” Robert Wisner (Iowa State University), […]
Click here to view additional related posts Historical Documents Other Resources Historical Documents 1999 FDA Public Hearing on Biotechnology in the Year 2000 and Beyond, Statement of Mark Lipson (Organic Farming and Research Foundation) and Statement of Steven Druker (Alliance for Bio-Integrity) “Genetic researchers cite specter of profits: Asilomar Scientists say demands for financial gain […]
Historical Documents Historical Documents Pro-active Monitoring presentation at EPA/USDA Workshop on Bt Crop Resistance Management, 1999 “Inheritance of Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Toxin (Dipel ES) in the European Corn Borer,” Science, 1999 2001 paper in Science about insect resistance in Bt cotton, “Identification of a Gene Associated with Bt Resistance in Heliothis virescens” “Baby Steps: Conditions Imposed for Crop Year […]
Click here to view additional related posts Historical Documents Other Resources Historical Documents “When Does it Pay to Plant Bt Corn? Farm-Level Economic Impacts of Bt Corn, 1996-2001,” report by Dr. Benbrook Research committee report from 1998, “Bt Corn and European Corn Borer: Long-Term Success Through Resistance Management” “Insecticidal toxin in root exudates from Bt […]
Bacillus thuringiensis is a genetic modification that has been widely used since the mid 1990s. So-called Bt corn and cotton manufacture their own, natural bioinsecticide targeting certain Lepidopteran insects like the European corn borer, corn rootworm, and the cotton budworm.
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A new report by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s Global Panel on Agriculture says two billion people lack the range of vitamins and minerals in their diet needed to keep them healthy. This report also highlights a fact about global nutrition that few people realize: obesity and stunting from undernourishment now occur in the […]
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I follow statistics on global food trade closely, but was still shocked by some of the findings in the Environmental Working Group’s (EWG’s) assessment of whether, and to what degree, U.S. agriculture “feeds the world” as is so often claimed. A few key findings from this report: 86% of all US exports in 2015 went […]
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