Top news of the week: 27.10.2020.
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Food And Agriculture
RT @GeneticLiteracy: Organic farms produce far less food per unit of land and water than conventional ones – and Europe already needs to import millions of tons of food and feed each year. The EU’s Farm to Fork policy will make this problem worse. https://t.co/mezUwRVNgt @RobertWager1 @henryimiller
OpenViewpoint: Europe’s pro-organic Farm to Fork policy will ‘cripple’ an already inefficient agriculture system
The EU’s “Farm to fork (F2F) strategy” announced in May, is “the heart of the “Green Deal,” a kind of Holy Grail for European environmental activists.
RT @GeneticLiteracy: Gene editing is unlocking new ways to enhance carbon sinks, limit agriculture emissions and improve biofuels. https://t.co/tVTdcJIIej @rob_rozansky @prometheusgreen @ProfDavidHart @RCScience
OpenGene-edited crops and animals: Best-kept secrets in the fight against climate change
Advances in gene editing over the past decade have given scientists new tools to tailor the biochemistry of nearly any living thing with great precision.
“What is good for the bioeconomy is good for the world," says @batchelorsteph.
BIO celebrates @DoDCTO for choosing @Biomade to help accelerate the bioeconomy & reduce barriers for technologies that can solve global challenges. Read more: https://t.co/BqF9kJkDbb
OpenIt’s 8 AM on the coronavirus vaccine clock
Today we have an update on the COVID-19 vaccine development race and a look at a new Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII) that will drive the bioeconomy forward. Read to the end for ...
RT @Mary_Boote: A Promising Response of Science to Face Challenges and Better Feed the World – Global Farmer Network https://t.co/dQMlHro33l
OpenA Promising Response of Science to Face Challenges and Better Feed the World
Most of Argentina’s major agriculture areas—including those of our neighbors in Paraguay and southern Brazil—are suffering from drought. Its intensity ranges from moderate to seve…
See top news & info impacting U.S. soybean growers in this week's eBean: https://t.co/0xAbSYb6eI #USSOY #AgPolicy #SeeSoyHarvest https://t.co/HNMkAIWfO9
OpenPartnership Feeds Hope, Taking Care of Those on the Front Lines of COVID-19
The harvest videos captured by U.S. soy growers highlight trade, infrastructure, biodiesel, biotechnology and other opportunities and challenges for agriculture. Video #3, …
Join us Oct. 28 to hear from @GrowthEnergy CEO @EmilySkor and @NationalCorn President John Linder for a virtual town hall discussing the opportunities on the horizon for corn and biofuel producers. Register here: https://t.co/YXjLhVO0m5 https://t.co/4BJnelHYOM
OpenGrowth Energy and the National Corn Growers Association discuss exciting ethanol initiatives and other opportunities on the horizon for corn growers and biofuel producers.
Growth Energy Emily Skor joined Growth Energy as CEO in May 2016. Prior to joining Growth Energy, Skor was a top executive at the Consumer Healthcare Products Association and …
UGANDA: Uganda battles imported anti-GMO, anti-vaccine coalition agitating against COVID-19 immunization https://t.co/XGKiPSios5
OpenViewpoint: Uganda battles anti-GMO, anti-vaccine coalition agitating against COVID-19 immunization
A handful of activist groups are now working in tandem to undermine Uganda’s plans to inoculate its population against the COVID-19. The
Plant Pathologist Pamela Ronald Named GCHERA World Agriculture Prize Laureate! The Award Recognizes Exceptional Lifetime Achievement in #Agriculture
https://t.co/NKK3WLS33N @pcronald @GCHERA
OpenPlant Pathologist Pamela Ronald Named GCHERA World Agriculture Prize Laureate Award Recognizes Exceptional Lifetime Achievement in Agriculture
Pamela Ronald, distinguished professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of California, Davis, and with the UC Davis Genome Center, has been named a 2020 World ...