2018 Predictions: GMOs 2.0, a turning point
Three new biotech products recently hit the market that have the potential to steer the GMO debate in more productive directions.
Biotech
A Genetically Engineered Organic Wheat? It Already Exists
Whoever thought that France and organic agriculture would be world leaders for the introduction of GE (genetically engineered) wheat? A stretch? Not as much as it might seem. What follows is the story of how plant breeders engineered a unlikely new crop through a series of sophisticated “conventional” techniques to move a use gene from a wild plant into wheat, despite the fact that the two plants could not be naturally crossbred.
FDA Seeks Public Comments on Regulation of Genetically Altered Animals
Alison Van Eenennaam explains why the FDA’s proposed regulations on biotech breeding make no sense.
Learn about CRISPR, the revolutionary gene editing technology that’s sweeping the globe!
CRISPR is a gene editing technique that has fairly recently come into it’s own. It’s a technique that comes from nature, allows scientists to edited […]
Contemporary Selective Breeding. Cow Edition.
As part of our series on Culinary Modernism, I’m republishing some older pieces of writing on the theme. This piece previously was published on 26 […]
Crop Gene Banks are Preserving the Future of Agriculture. But Who’s Preserving Them?
This article was originally published in Ensia on 21 May 2015. It is republished here under a Creative Commons license. GUEST AUTHOR: Virginia Gewin (@VirginiaGewin) […]
5 Big Drivers Behind the Chipotle Backlash
The last few days at Chipotle HQ could not have been much fun for the people running the marketing and public relations operation. The response […]