Stories Tagged "genetic engineering"
Hawaii Lawmakers Move Forward With Anti-GMO Bill
posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:03 PM
Committee approved the bill Thursday but amended it so it only applies to produce imported from outside Hawaii.
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Fast-Growing Fish May Never Find Their Way To Your Plate
posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:16 PM
Aquabounty is the only U.S. company publicly seeking approval for a genetically modified animal that's raised to be eaten by humans.
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GMO Labeling Law Wins Backing In Connecticut
posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:26 PM
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut took the first step requiring producers to label genetically modified food Wednesday, as a legislative committee overwhelmingly backed a measure promoted as giving consumers more information while...
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EU Court Puts Limits on Modified Honey
posted on September 9, 2011 at 2:37 PM
BRUSSELS (AP) — Honey that contains traces of pollen from genetically modified crops needs special authorization before it can be sold in Europe, the European Union's top court said Tuesday, in a judgment that could have widespread...
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Market to Market (August 26, 2011)
posted on August 26, 2011 at 8:20 PM
'Super' Wheat to Boost Food Security
posted on June 10, 2011 at 2:06 PM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Scientists say they're close to producing new "super varieties" of wheat that will resist a virulent fungus while boosting yields up to 15 percent, potentially easing a deadly threat to the world's food supply.
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Prince Charles Touts Locally Grown Agriculture
posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:05 PM
Scientists question claims in biotech letter
posted on April 1, 2011 at 3:04 PM
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The widespread Internet posting of a letter by a retired Purdue University researcher who says he has linked genetically modified corn and soybeans to crop diseases and abortions and infertility in livestock has raised...
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Lawsuit Challenges Genetically Modified Alfalfa
posted on March 25, 2011 at 11:03 AM
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A lawsuit filed in California is challenging the federal government's deregulation of alfalfa that is genetically altered to withstand the popular weed killer Roundup.
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Shoppers Wary of GM Foods Find They're Everywhere
posted on February 25, 2011 at 11:02 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- You may not want to eat genetically engineered foods.
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Experts: Contamination from GM Alfalfa Certain
posted on February 11, 2011 at 2:02 PM
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Contamination of organic and traditional crops by recently deregulated, genetically modified alfalfa is inevitable, agriculture experts said, despite Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's recent assurances the federal...
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USDA Will Allow Planting of Modified Alfalfa
posted on January 28, 2011 at 5:01 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Agriculture Department is allowing widespread planting of genetically modified alfalfa, attempting to bring to a close a lengthy legal and regulatory process in which organic producers attempted to curtail the use of the...
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Market to Market (January 21, 2011)
posted on January 21, 2011 at 7:01 PM
Vilsack Testifies On GE Alfalfa
posted on January 20, 2011 at 5:01 PM
Vatican Official Tamps Down Perceived OK to GMOs
posted on January 7, 2011 at 5:01 PM
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- A Vatican cardinal backed off the Holy See's perceived approval of biotech crops Tuesday, saying farmers in the developing world shouldn't be dependent on foreign multinationals for their seeds.
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