Scientist Pinpoint Gene for Better Rice
PHYS.ORG / July, 8, 2015 / By crossing rice varieties, Chinese researchers discovered mutations in a gene that improved both yield and quality. Visit http://phys.org/n ...
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Fantacism, Pragmatism and Organic Agriculture
FORBES / JULY 8, 2015 / A recent article about GMO fears understated GMO regulations and overstated the degree to which products marketed as certified organic are free of ...
USDA Gives Hawaii $1M to Fight Coffee Berry Borer Pest
PACIFIC BUSINESS NEWS / July 8, 2015 / Hawaii’s congressional delegation has secured an additional $1 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help ...
Junk Science = Garbage Politics
WASHINGTON EXAMINER / July 6, 2015 / Devolving scientific standards, lazy journalism, sensationalist digital media and retailers’ eagerness to take advantage of misguide ...
Maui GMO Ban Overturned: Federal Court Remains Consistent on Preemption Analysis
JD SURPA BUSINESS ADVISOR / July 3, 2015 / As the number of local GMO laws increases around the country, Judge Mollway’s opinion will be applicable in future decisions b ...
Improving Transparency and Ensuring Continued Safety in Biotechnology
THE WHITE HOUSE BLOG: OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY / July 2, 2015 / The White House has directed the EPA, FDA and USDA to update the antiquated Coordinated Fram ...
Anti-Science Fear is Putting Hawaii At Risk of 'Cultural and Economic Poverty'
CIVIL BEAT / July 2, 2015 / A farmer representing the Big Island Community Coalition notes with alarm the increasingly backwards direction of Hawaii’s culture and econom ...
Musings: Hawaii's Last Anti-GMO Law Overturned
KAUAIECLECTIC / July 1, 2015 / Judge Mollway's ruling cites and goes beyond previous rulings by U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Kurren on the Kauai and Big Island anti-GMO law ...
Judge Strikes Down Maui Ban on GMOs
HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER / July 1, 2015 / U.S. District Chief Judge Susan Oki Mollway ruled that Maui County's ban on the cultivation of genetically engineered crops excee ...
Whole Foods Market Recalls Raw Macadamia Nuts for Possible Salmonella Risk
FOOD SAFETY NEWS / June 26, 2015 / Hawaii’s congressional delegation has secured an additional $1 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help Hawa ...
Caught in the Crosshairs: The Flawed and Flimsy Case Against a Widely Used Weed Killer
INNOVATION FILES / June 25, 2015 / The IARC’s designation of 2,4-D as possibly carcinogenic is backed by zero evidence of human carcinogenicity and is useless from a reg ...
G.M.O. Dillemma: Swaying a Wary Public
NEW YORK TIMES / June 24, 2015 / Despite large and significant agronomic benefits and no scientific evidence of harm, the public remains wary of biotech crops because of h ...
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