Today is the 105th anniversary of Norm Borlaug's birth. He lived a life of service, becoming of humanity's greatest people. Learn about him in these videos and articles.

Today is the 105th anniversary of Norm Borlaug's birth. He lived a life of service, becoming of humanity's greatest people. Learn about him in these videos and articles.
A historic navel orange tree was dedicated to the Mission Inn in Riverside, CA, launching a conference on Huanglongbing, a disease wiping out citrus trees worldwide.
The fate of cottonseed rests in your hands. More than eight years ago, we wrote about a project at Texas A&M University led by Dr. Keerti Rathore to create edible cottonseed. If determined to be safe for food and the…
The Food and Drug Administration is accepting public comments on a new education and outreach initiative about biotechnology, mandated by Congress. Comments close on Friday, November 17th, and Biology Fortified strongly encourages scientists and members of the public to submit…
Tomorrow, thousands of people across the United States and even the world will March for Science. As both a celebration of knowledge and discovery and as a protest against political interference and rejection of scientific facts, the March for Science…
On Thursday, July 7th, the US Senate passed a bill that would set a national labeling standard for foods containing genetically engineered (GMO) ingredients. Introduced by Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) the previous day, S. 764 is a compromise bill that…
More than 100 Nobel Laureates are calling on Greenpeace to reconsider its opposition to GMOs. Yesterday, representatives of the group of Nobel Laureates, Sir Richard Roberts, Professor Martin Chalfie and Professor Randy Schekman held a press conference at the National Press Club to explain why…
Read More 110 Nobel Laureates to Greenpeace: Change Your Stance on GMOs
Labeling of genetically modified organisms in food has been debated for decades now. Whether the labels should be mandatory, voluntary, or third-party based like Kosher has been widely disputed. For a long time we've all discussed what would happen if/when…
Read More Six real consequences of GMO labeling – you may be shocked by #5!
A scandal is erupting that threatens to undermine claims of extraordinary risk from genetically engineered crops. An Italian research group run by Professor Federico Infascelli at the University of Naples "Federico II" has just had a peer-reviewed paper forcibly retracted…
Read More Italian research group subject of data fabrication probe
Editor's Note: The following post was part of our 2015 April Fools prank on our readers. A lot of people had fun reading and joking about it. If you were worried about so many researchers being harassed you can now…
Read More April Fools: FoIA requests expand to all published academic GMO research