By Chris McDonald This post examines why we are generally comfortable with non-GMO plants being released without safety testing, but have very different standards for plants developed with GMO methods. Are hybrid fruits & vegetables safe? The short answer from this…
Written by Nir Oksenberg Until recently, I never put too much thought into where farmers get the seeds that they grow into the foods we eat. I assumed they saved seeds from their previous crop. I thought this would give…
By John Bowman. Republished with permission from The Conversation. Sex without seed. Seed without sex. It’s been said that the greatest gift of science to humankind would be achieving those two goals. Effective contraceptives such as the pill have pretty…
Read More Seeds without sex – some racy findings on the cloning of plants
Happy May, everyone! Frank N. Foode™ here to announce the start of a new community contest here on the Biofortified Blog! Spring is an exciting time for a plant such as myself. Farmers and gardeners everywhere are planning and planting,…
This post describes continued concerns about the 2010 Monsanto donation of seeds to Haiti.
In 2010, Monsanto donated $4 million worth of seed to Haiti. This post aims to answer scientific and intellectual property questions that have been raised.
