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In an in-depth piece that ran in The Oregonian and online at Oregon Live, writer Julia Rosen with High Country News tells the sorry tale of how glyphosate resistant creeping bentgrass meant for high-dollar golf courses has become a thorn in the side of high-desert farmers and ranchers along the Oregon-Washington-Idaho border. Starting in the 1990s, two […]
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As reported by the Agri-Pulse news feed, a new report is out about consumer acceptance of GMOs, and the results are conflicted and it is easy to figure out why. On one hand, a survey led by an economist at the University of Vermont’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences found that opposition to GMO […]
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Why Focus on the Future of Food? Weed Management Next-Gen Herbicides Space-Age Tillage Tools Robotics and AI How Best to Breed and Grow Healthy Plants Conventional Breeding Biotech Gene Silencing, CRISPR et al “New Age” Industrial Food Lab-Grown Meat Nutrition — Toward Healthier Fats High-Oleic Soybeans Producing Milk High in Healthy Fats Why Focus on […]
In an important dietary shift that has been a long time coming, following a three-year phase out period on June 18, 2018, artificial trans fats are now officially banned in the U.S. food supply. These altered vegetable oils, which have been partially hydrogenated to extend the shelf life of some processed foods, have long been linked […]
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Fall application of glyphosate is getting a closer look in Canada. The “Keep it Clean” campaign, a joint operation of a trio of industry groups (Canola Council of Canada, Cereals Canada, and Pulse Canada), educates growers about pesticide residue limits and other guidelines, with a particular focus on export markets. One of their main focus […]
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Reuters and CBC News report that Japan and South Korea have banned Canadian wheat and flour imports following the discovery in the summer of 2017 of a stand of GMO wheat on roadside in Alberta. The wheat, which was identified after it survived herbicide spraying, was a genetic match to a small trial crop of resistant […]
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John Vidal, the former Environmental Editor at The Guardian, has written a compelling piece about the $66 billion takeover of the world’s largest seed company- Monsanto – by the second largest pesticide company, Bayer. Vidal reports that the huge deal, set to be approved June 7, 2018, “has been called both a ‘marriage made in hell’ […]
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On February 6, 2018, the National Resource Defense Council (NRDC) sent a senior scientist, Dr. Jennifer Sass, to Capitol Hill to testify before the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology during a hearing called “In Defense of Scientific Integrity: Examining the IARC Monograph Programme and Glyphosate Review.” IARC’s “reputation and integrity” have been under […]
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The debate about whose to blame for the dicamba drift crisis of 2016 and 2017 continues, with a new lawsuit filed in federal court last week taking aim at the Environmental Protection Agency for their approval and regulation of the new dicamba formulations. A recent story in the Wisconsin Gazette describes the suit against the EPA […]
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Note — On October 11, 2017, Carey Gillam gave an invited address before the joint committee of the European Parliament’s Joint Session on Glyphosate held in Brussels, Belgium. Her presentation was filmed and posted on the European Parliament’s website. Hygeia Analytics has augmented Ms. Gillam’s presentation, drawing on her slides and our timeline of the […]
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