A recent survey shows that fear of GMOs is increasing. This post examines potential causes and impacts of the fear of GMOs.
Tag: Consumer Acceptance
Cisgenesis: new dawn on food production?
Written by Sujatha Venkataramani As I was reading the column in the current issue of Nature by Brian Heap on Europe’s stance on GM crops, I wanted to update myself more on the developments that are currently ongoing in this…
NY Times on Saving the Orange
The orange groves in Florida are in trouble. A disease called Citrus Greening is destroying the fruit, the trees, and the future of the industry in the state. Scientists are turning to genetic engineering to create a solution to this…
GE Survey: More believe safe than not, most undecided
In 2010, Thompson Reuters released a survey* (PDF) of public attitudes toward genetically engineered food in the US. They had several significant findings, some of which should be fairly obvious, but some are real eye-openers. The questions were straight-forward and…
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Interview in Ithaca NY
Friday afternoon, Anastasia and I were taking part in special conference call via Skype, which soon enough, you'll get to listen in on. We were being interviewed for Science Cabaret on Air, produced by Jenny Nelson. We talked about misconceptions…
Academics Review meets Genetic Roulette
As I've mentioned before, I'm an Australian. But us Ozzies get to meet a lot of Americans. American author of Seeds of Deception and public speaker Jeffrey Smith's of Fairfield Iowa, first came to the attention of Australians when he…
Organic consumers not very concerned about GE
(Hat tip to Elton Robinson at South East Farm Press) The Consumers Union wanted to know what consumers felt about genetically engineered crops cross-pollinating with organic crops. So in early February, they conducted a poll. They called a thousand random…