Stronger Plants, Stronger Science, and Stronger Communication
Hi everybody! Frank N. Foode™ here. Biofortified is workin’ on building its community of editors, contributors, and readers with the new profile system. We’re also coming up on our first Biennial celebration on the 31st of the month, making this an exciting month for talking about plant genetics. Plus we’ll have more to say about…
A few days ago I mentioned we were going to institute a new registered user profile system here at Biofortified. We want our regular readers and discussion participants to be able to share more about themselves on their profiles, and for visitors to be able to see the people behind the words a little more…
Editor’s note: The forum has since been discontinued but we encourage you to engage with us on Facebook and Twitter! Lately, discussion at Biofortified has been going strong. One post passed 100 comments, and another is about to do the same. People have started using the forum again, and registrations have also been coming in….
On August 20th, our friends at the Non-GMO Project hosted a Facebook ‘book club’ with Robyn O’Brien, author of The Unhealthy Truth. I read the brief conversation after the fact, and not too much happened. There was a bit of self-congratulation of being ‘in the know’ along with some suggestions from the head of Mothers…
Hi everyone, Frank N. Foode™ speaking. I am delighted to see that discussions are really sprouting forth here at Biofortified. For the first time ever, one of our posts has gathered more than 100 comments, as both those in favor and against genetic engineering are engaging in healthy repartee. I am glad to see Duncan…
For more genetically engineered goodness! For almost a year we have been anticipating this. It was one of the specific items that I brought up during the Changemakers contest as to why we needed the grant money. I’m talking, of course, about the ability to syndicate feeds from contributor’s blogs – but not only that…
Field season is upon us, and the tassels are hot and heavy. Don’t worry, readers of Biofortified, there will be more posts to come, once Karl and Anastasia come back from pollinating the next generation. I’ve already been pollinated so I get to relax. In the meantime, check out the great post Breeding, Biotech and Bulls…
We all remember what happened the last time Biofortified entered a voting contest, so when I was reminded about the Bloggers Choice Awards for 2010 by PZ Myers (who was entered into several categories himself), I thought we could give it a shot in the Best Food Blog and Best Blog Design categories. Be a…
In the forum, Anastasia announced that we’re working on a search-able database of the safety studies that have been conducted on GE crops. Our goal is to help people know about and understand the depth of research there has been on these crops, and be able to browse and search among them for details. And…
Biofortified has successfully moved to its new, more frugal, yet more expansive home, after a week of [regrettably avoidable] downtime. The saga of this process is cataloged here for those who are interested. I know that our contributors have been itching to post about recent news, and a lot has happened in the last week,…