Traditional breeding techniques used over thousands of years have allowed for gradual genetic improvements in agricultural animals. Gene editing, which now enables the same kinds …
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Reports this week of deer in Staten Island becoming the first wild animals identified as having the Omicron variant of the coronavirus underline the urgent …
One Health treats human, animal and ecosystem health together Read More »
Biotechnology pioneer Genomatica, and material manufacturer Covestro last week announced successful trial production of a plant-based version of the chemical raw material HMDA (hexamethylenediamine), which …
Genomatica makes sustainable new bio-based raw material for manufacturing Read More »
Postharvest waste and crop loss increase agricultural challenges for humanity and, according to studies, will continue to do so in the next decade. The fruits …
Gene editing can fight food waste, reducing hunger and poverty Read More »
Canadian farmer Jake Leguee writes an opinion piece arguing that he and others should be allowed to grow gene-edited wheat. “I grow wheat and other …
Other Voices: Canadian farmer argues for right to grow gene-edited wheat Read More »
The decision late last year by Brazil to allow the import of flour manufactured from genetically modified wheat grown in Argentina may be a harbinger …
Gene-edited wheat gains acceptance as drought concerns grow Read More »
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) newly released Global Map of Salt-Affected Soils, there are more than 833 million hectares of salt-affected soils …
We face a real risk of a food crisis—and burdensome government regulations on agricultural technology could threaten food security, argues one agricultural economics expert. The …
Expert: Biotech can help stop a food crisis if policy allows it Read More »
Gene editing of agricultural animals could help us solve climate change, hunger, and disease pandemics. (No big deal, right?) But to get there, we need …
How to ‘remodel’ the regulatory framework for GE animals Read More »
During a summer that brought both unprecedented drought and floods, it’s World Water Week—a global initiative to bring attention to the water-related challenges we face. Let’s …
World Water Week: How biotech can help us use less water in agriculture Read More »
COP26 ended with historic agreements on fossil fuels and carbon markets—so, what do we do now? We have to grow the renewable economy with science-based …
