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Robert Wager, faculty member in the department of biology at the University of Vancouver Island, recently hosted a webinar looking at how to discuss genetically engineered technology with the public.

Farmers asked to speak up on GE technology

When conversing about modern-day agriculture technology, be as honest and accurate as possible

By Jennifer Paige November 17, 2015

Canadian biologist Robert Wager says there is a desperate need for Canadian farmers to add their voices to the conversation about genetic engineering in food production. “I like to quote Carl Sagan, as he said it quite well, ‘we have arranged a global situation where almost everything critically depends on science and technology. We have

Crops, Markets

Feed Grains: EU votes down proposed GMO opt-out

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team October 28, 2015

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, October 28 – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Wednesday, October 28. – CBOT corn futures were weaker on Wednesday, with the December contract quoted at US$3.7750 per bushel at midsession, as the advancing US harvest weighed on values. – The

Comment, Crops

Selective use of science won’t sell GMOs

Transparency is key to gaining credibility with the public

By Daryll E. Ray, Harwood D. Schaffer October 13, 2015

When it comes to issues like GMOs, antibiotic residues on meat, global warming, water pollution, and pesticide use and its residuals, participants on one or both sides of the issue make an appeal to science to bolster their position. Witness the recent article in the New York Times titled, “Food Industry Enlisted Academics in GMO

Crops, Markets

Think Europe’s halting GMOs? It could be heading for more

By Barbara Lewis, GFM Network News, Sybille De La Hamaide October 6, 2015

Paris | Reuters — The large number of European countries opposing GMO cultivation may have given the impression the bloc is putting a brake on GMOs, but with new crops queuing for approval and key countries leaving the door open, output is more likely to grow than wane. Nineteen out of 28 EU member states

Crops, Markets

Bulgaria opts out of growing GM crops

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 1, 2015

Sofia | Reuters –– Bulgaria has told the European Union it will ban the cultivation of crops with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) under EU rules that allow member states to opt out of GMO cultivation, the agriculture ministry said in a statement on Thursday. “The agriculture ministry upholds its position that Bulgaria should be free

Crops

U.S. regulator sued for withholding information on GMOs

By Carey Gillam, GFM Network News August 25, 2015

Reuters — A food safety advocacy group sued an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday, saying it illegally withheld public information on genetically engineered crops. The lawsuit, brought by the Center for Food Safety (CFS) against USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), claims the regulator has routinely failed to respond

Crops, Opinion

GMO labelling may not discourage consumers: Vermont study

Study finds labelling actually increased  support in some demographic groups

By University Of Vermont August 12, 2015

A new study reveals that GMO labelling would not act as warning labels and scare consumers away from buying products with GMO ingredients. The five-year study of Vermont residents focuses on the relationship between two primary questions: whether Vermonters are opposed to GMOs in commercially available food products; and if respondents thought products containing GMOs

Crops

No need seen for new EU rules to protect butterflies from GM crops

By GFM Network News July 2, 2015

Brussels | Reuters — European food safety officials found there was no need to widen buffer zones around genetically modified (GM) crops even though research shows pollen from GM maize can travel kilometres further than previously thought. The buffer zones to protect vulnerable species, such as butterflies, have been part of heated debate in Europe

Crops

White House directs U.S. GMO regulators to update oversight

By Carey Gillam, GFM Network News July 2, 2015

Reuters — The White House on Thursday directed the three U.S. agencies that oversee biotech crop products to improve and modernize their regulatory “framework” to boost public confidence in a system that critics call a failure. The order, announced in a statement by President Barack Obama’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, followed demands by

Crops, Markets

Groups urge tighter controls as U.S. considers GM crop regulation

By Carey Gillam, GFM Network News June 22, 2015

Reuters — Dozens of consumer and food groups and businesses asked the U.S. government on Monday for tighter regulation of genetically engineered crops, calling the current system a “failure.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture has said it was considering changes to the way it regulates biotech crops and set a public comment period that expired

Daily Network News

JBS profit falls amid still-challenging US market environment

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month high, corn to four-month top as trade braces for U.S. data

Federal budget shows remaining disconnect between agriculture, policymakers, panelists say

Tag Archives GMO

Farmers asked to speak up on GE technology

Feed Grains: EU votes down proposed GMO opt-out

Selective use of science won’t sell GMOs

Think Europe’s halting GMOs? It could be heading for more

Bulgaria opts out of growing GM crops

U.S. regulator sued for withholding information on GMOs

GMO labelling may not discourage consumers: Vermont study

No need seen for new EU rules to protect butterflies from GM crops

White House directs U.S. GMO regulators to update oversight

Groups urge tighter controls as U.S. considers GM crop regulation

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