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Food And Agriculture

@SynBioBeta shared
On May 27, 2021
U.K. rules on #geneediting are expected to be less strict than those for transgenic crops like this iron-rich wheat the @JohnInnesCentre is testing. https://t.co/ULK45179n9
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U.K. set to loosen rules for gene-edited crops and animals

U.K. set to loosen rules for gene-edited crops and animals

Biotechnologists hope easing regulations will boost investment and speed commercialization

@GeneticLiteracy shared
On May 26, 2021
How are gene-edited plants regulated around the world? This guide breaks it down. @ISTT_TG @JonEntine https://t.co/GNfCAnNlVj
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How CRISPR and other gene-edited crops are regulated in the United States and around the world: A scholarly review

How CRISPR and other gene-edited crops are regulated in the United States and around the world: A scholarly review

Genome editing in agriculture and food is leading to new, improved crops and other products. Depending on the regulatory approach taken

@GeneticLiteracy shared
On May 27, 2021
Gene drive technology behind the Florida Keys mosquito release is now being applied to cattle ticks. @ScienceAlly https://t.co/vKIfbzdUiN
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Gates Foundation funds research to control cattle ticks through biotechnology

Gates Foundation funds research to control cattle ticks through biotechnology

Technology that has been used to control mosquitoes and fall armyworm will now be applied to solving the world’s cattle tick program under a new $1.283

@thefarmbabe shared
On May 25, 2021
A student wrote this article about @VanceCrowe and myself, among others who have changed their mind about agriculture. An interesting piece where she debunks myths and works to tell the real truth of agriculture and food labels and such. https://t.co/WxgeYo7Sbs
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Anti-GMO and Pesticide Activists Turn Agricultural Advocates

Anti-GMO and Pesticide Activists Turn Agricultural Advocates

After working for Gucci in Beverly Hills and spending a few years in Chicago, Michelle Miller found herself packing up to live amongst the cornfields of Iowa with her former boyfriend. ...

@prometheusgreen shared
On May 26, 2021
Viewpoint: 'Killer petunias'? The shameful story of the USDA's 'unscientific, innovation-stifling' process for regulating genetically-engineered flowers https://t.co/oNiKmE1a84
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Viewpoint: ‘Killer petunias’? The shameful story of the USDA’s ‘unscientific, innovation-stifling’ process for regulating genetically-engineered flowers

Viewpoint: ‘Killer petunias’? The shameful story of the USDA’s ‘unscientific, innovation-stifling’ process for regulating genetically-engineered flowers

Now that vivid orange, red, and purple genetically engineered, or ‘GMO’, petunias are approved for distribution to plant nurseries, it’s time for an

@CropLifeIntl shared
On May 26, 2021
Who is our #FoodSystemsHero? Our #foodheroes are people working to advance agricultural #innovation that help deliver more sustainable food systems for the world. #UNFSS2021 #FoodSystems #SDGs #Agriculture @isaaa_org @ISAAASciSpeaks @FoodSystems https://t.co/UqMajsx9M4 https://t.co/rQeZIyVroJ
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Biotech #FoodHeroes: Mahaletchumy Arujanan

Biotech #FoodHeroes: Mahaletchumy Arujanan

CropLife International is an association, based in Brussels, Belgium, which promotes agricultural technologies such as pesticides and plant biotechnology.

@prometheusgreen shared
On May 28, 2021
RT @2blades: "3R potatoes have been developed and field-tested over the last decade in a wide diversity of environments...the transgenic potatoes were grown without fungicides and yielded very well without any negative impact on the environment." #foodsecurity https://t.co/j4pyuPP4vP
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Defeating late blight disease of potato in sub-Saharan Africa

Defeating late blight disease of potato in sub-Saharan Africa

Three experts, including Richard E. Goodman from the Food Allergy Research and Resource Program, discuss late blight disease of potato in sub-Saharan Africa

@AgBioWorld shared
On Jun 1, 2021
Why China and the US Joined Forces to Fight the Fall Armyworm: Lately, the US has grown increasingly at odds with other FAO member countries in discussions about food systems. These disagreements have been especially notable over the use of GM crops. https://t.co/XAdLuPDTrN
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What the Global Battle Against the Fall Armyworm Reveals About How the US and China See the Future of Global Food Production

What the Global Battle Against the Fall Armyworm Reveals About How the US and China See the Future of Global Food Production

How a pest—the fall armyworm—helped the US and China advance their agenda for genetically modified crops at the FAO.

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