Stronger Plants, Stronger Science, and Stronger Communication
In the genetic engineering discussion, within the opposition there emerges a general dislike for “technology.” Usually, when people say technology they mean things that are made of metal, plastic, uses electricity, has protruding hypodermic needles, and is usually shiny. The opposite of things that are natural or organic, technology is entirely human-derived and artificial-looking. Of…
Over on OpEdNews Blogs, there is a rather lengthy discussion going on beneath a post by “Yup Farming” called “Independent Studies Refute GMO Safety Claims.” Those ‘studies,’ of course, are an assembly of non-peer-reviewed and anecdotal claims, but that is not the reason why I bring it up. The discussion was derailed by a few…
The April Fools joke that fooled an OpEd “News” contributor last week, has admittedly been started by GM Watch. And in case anyone’s still in the slightest doubt, the Times article by “Mark Handerson” (GM may be on the agenda at the G20 summit) that GMWatch circulated on the morning of April 1, and also…
Friday morning, I was browsing my news feeds over breakfast, and I took a look at an article titled GMO Proliferation Bills by Stephen Lendman. It read like a bizarre conspiracy theory, weaving together half-truths about genetic engineering with unsourced beliefs about how some food safety-related bills must be secret ways of proliferating GE crops….
Lately, there has been a lot of discussion about food safety in the national political scene. With the outbreak of salmonella in peanut products (including organic peanut products BTW), and a new president with new heads of the FDA and USDA, there has been a strong call for better food safety oversight. One of the…
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So last week I said to my spouse Ariela, ‘which would be funnier, if the Biofortified Blog got bought out by Monsanto, or instead, taken over by Greenpeace?’ “Oh, Greenpeace. Definitely!” Plus given that I just heard that Monsanto already has a blog, it wouldn’t quite be as funny. So a little creative photoshopping later…
Editor’s Note: The following post was part of an April Fools Joke. Go here for more details. By William Harvey: As I always say, “All we know is still infinitely less than all that remains unknown.” As a statement of fact, it is plainly obvious, but what is less obvious is that it also makes…
Editor’s note: The following post was part of an April Fools Joke. Go here for more details. By William Harvey: Hello readers, I am William Harvey, the Director of Global GMO Policy at Greenpeace International. In exchange for support of this blog’s continued operations, I will be posting regularly at Biofortified, and my office staff…
Editor’s note: The following post was part of an April Fools Joke. Go here for more details. Biofortified is sharing server space with several other sites that I manage, and the time has rolled around again to renew the account. It doesn’t sound like much when you divide it by 12 months, but when it…
