Biofortified is making fabric masks for farm workers - and doing research on fabric mask efficacy too! We need your support so that this can continue until the pandemic is over.
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…
For decades, the people who depend upon papayas have been in trouble. One of their greatest challenges has been the devastating papaya ringspot virus, which has defied conventional approaches to management and eradication. In the 1980s and 90s, plant scientists…
In the debate surrounding GMOs, a statement that is often made is that many countries have banned transgenic crops, which suggests that they are not safe. Here's an example from the Non-GMO Project's website: "Most developed nations do not consider GMOs…
It said on the screen, "Bioregenerating Soil-Based Space Agriculture." The title of the talk was "Beyond Intensification." The speaker, a prominent researcher and prolific author, is someone who I thought would present clear thinking on how, in addition to intensification…
Written by Steve Savage. Graphs by Steve, based on FAO and Geohive data. Norman Borlaug would have been 100 years old last week. He has been called "The Man Who Fed The World," and "The Father of The Green Revolution." Norm…
Read More Thoughts About Norm Borlaug for his 100th Birthday
The International Center for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT) and Biology Fortified have produced a special video tribute to the late Dr. Norman Borlaug, a legendary CIMMYT scientist who developed high-yielding, semi-dwarf wheat that started the Green Revolution which is…
Written by Bill Price While the article GMOs, Silver Bullets and the Trap of Reductionist Thinking has garnered some praise, I was hoping for more here and was left unimpressed. Written by Jonathan Foley, Director of the Institute on the Environment,…
I eat meat. More specifically, I eat feedlot beef from major supermarket chains and generally enjoy it. Nonetheless, the implications of a recent study have me questioning whether I will eat meat in the future. In their paper, Redefining agricultural…
The other day I found myself looking through the plant patents held by the Zaiger's Genetics team. The Zaigers, a family of plant breeders led by a UC Davis Plant Pathology graduate, have developed some very cool fruits. You may…
