The longest government shutdown in US history will have lasting impacts on science and agriculture. An interview with Jason Williams at PAGXXVII.
Government shutdown’s lasting impacts
Tag: USDA
Biotechnology regulation update
There are two upcoming opportunities to learn about the US regulatory system for biotechnology, one on gene edited animals. Register today!
Comment TODAY on edible cottonseed deregulation
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…
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…
Menu Overhaulin’
I just graduated this spring from UW-Madison’s Dietetics program. For three years while I was in school, I worked for the Kids Center at the Madison Veterans Affairs Hospital. Back in February 2013, I was given the authority to completely…
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)…
Want to study relative risks of GE?
Last Thursday, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) posted a new grant - one that readers of Biofortified might be interested to read about. Called the Biotechnology Risk Assessment Grants…