How did dicamba drift became such a problem in 2015-2018? What will happen in 2019? Follow the timeline and learn what's next in this post.
Dicamba Drift – Part 2
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Dicamba Drift – Part 1
A volatile herbicide has caused damage to farms, landscaping, and more. Learn about what dicamba is, human health effects, and dicamba drift.
Advisory committees for biotech
What creative ideas do you have for the US biotechnology regulatory agencies? With the White House call for comments closing on November 13th, now is the opportunity to share. In this post, I'll talk about one idea that will be…
Off-patent GMO soybeans: What happens now?
The development, testing, and regulation of genetically engineered crops usually takes a significant investment of time and resources, and it comes as no surprise that these crops are patented so that their developers can recoup their investments. Farmers who grow…
How To Do GMO Food Labeling Right
Written by Steve Savage A Modest Proposal Should food with ingredients from genetically engineered crops - "GMOs" - be labeled? Many argue that consumers have a "right to know" about this. Ok, if the real reason for labeling is to…
Get the scoop on GMO wheat in Oregon
Most Biofortified Blog readers will have heard by now that glyphosate tolerant genetically engineered wheat has been found growing in a field in Oregon. There's a lot of interesting details to consider, but for now we'll start with a simple…
How Wrong Is The Latest “Dirty Dozen List?”
Written by Steve Savage The Environmental Working Group (EWG) says that it "helps protect your family from pesticides." The purpose of this post is to "help protect your family from dangerously misleading information from the EWG." Each year since 1991,…
Misuse Of A Vietnam Era Tragedy
Written by Steve Savage Mark Twain once said, "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." There was a perfect example of that last month. The Center for Food Safety (CFS)…
Details on the Dirty Dozen
The 'Dirty Dozen' proclaims that food is frightening but the data show our produce is safe to eat.