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@gmopundit shared
On Mar 24, 2022
RT @JonEntine: French president Emmanuel Macron on Europe’s pro-organic, anti-biotechnology sustainable food strategy: ‘It was based on a pre-Ukraine war world and should be reviewed' https://t.co/S4mkzIVoCr via @GeneticLiteracy
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French president Emmanuel Macron on Europe’s pro-organic, anti-biotechnology sustainable food strategy: ‘It was based on a pre-Ukraine war world...

French president Emmanuel Macron on Europe’s pro-organic, anti-biotechnology sustainable food strategy: ‘It was based on a pre-Ukraine war world...

Brussels agreed two years ago to reform its farm practices as part of a drive to eliminate net carbon emissions by 2050. But Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

@Crophugger shared
On Mar 23, 2022
Viewpoint: Organic farming best addresses climate change? Why the popular consensus is wrong—and why GE crops should be agriculture’s future https://t.co/WIVDAPWpZD via @GeneticLiteracy
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Viewpoint: Organic farming best addresses climate change? Why the popular consensus is wrong—and why GE crops should be agriculture’s future

Viewpoint: Organic farming best addresses climate change? Why the popular consensus is wrong—and why GE crops should be agriculture’s future

Popular wisdom is often wrong.  Consider, for example, how it views organic agriculture, which has grown to a $48 billion a year industry in the U.S.  Organic products are sold at outlets ...

@modestannedi shared
On Mar 27, 2022
RT @AgBioWorld: How gene editing could improve — or worsen — animal welfare in the meat industry. The fight over gene-edited meat, explained. https://t.co/jeRhJkK0O7
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@modestannedi shared
On Mar 28, 2022
RT @eat_modified: “How about a non-browning avocado?” asked one woman“Can you modify vegetables to make them taste like meat?” queried a man. “How about a pear that lasts more than one day?” inquired another. Our #AgOnTheMall experience, well articulated by @joanconrow https://t.co/WJymQOVyo1
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Modified: Destigmatizing GMOs one bite at a time

Modified: Destigmatizing GMOs one bite at a time

“GMOs have been unfairly stigmatized, haven’t they?” Thus spoke a man in his 30s, a sympathetic expression on his face, as he took a bite of genetically modified papaya and listened to our ...

@AgBioWorld shared
On Mar 27, 2022
This study analyzes the volume & tenor of the GMO conversation as it played out on social & traditional media. Overall, our results suggest that both social and traditional media may be moving toward a more favorable, less polarized conversation on GMOs! https://t.co/YPYjXE7UC8
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The state of the ‘GMO’ debate - toward an increasingly favorable and less polarized media conversation on ag-biotech?

The state of the ‘GMO’ debate - toward an increasingly favorable and less polarized media conversation on ag-biotech?

(2022). The state of the ‘GMO’ debate - toward an increasingly favorable and less polarized media conversation on ag-biotech? GM Crops & Food: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 38-49.

@geneticmaize shared
On Mar 24, 2022
RT @usda_oce: Do you know what the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard is? It went into full force nationwide on Jan 1, 2022 -- and if you want to find out more, listen to this podcast episode: https://t.co/2l2U1AsfvX https://t.co/ADNufumhwq
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Podcast: Bioengineered Food Disclosure

Podcast: Bioengineered Food Disclosure

This podcast episode aims to answer the question “What is the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard?” This is important for everyone to know about because the rule just went into ...

@jrkelly shared
On Mar 28, 2022
RT @AnnaMarieWagner: We're very pleased to share @Ginkgo's Q4 and FY2021 performance: https://t.co/Em9mYtLRZS Please feel free to join us at 4:30pm for the presentation: https://t.co/nAQcIauoAe $DNA
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Ginkgo Bioworks Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Results

Ginkgo Bioworks Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Results

/PRNewswire/ -- Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DNA, "Ginkgo"), the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, today announced its results for the...

@BioBeef shared
On Mar 26, 2022
RT @metricausa: With all that's going on, it's hard to tend to other subjects, perhaps. Am trying to do projects on COVID, Ukraine and others. Here's a new podcast. Please meet @BioBeef and Cosmo. There's a transcript, too. https://t.co/VAqYr6S7pG
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Podcast - The CRISPR children, episode 4

Podcast - The CRISPR children, episode 4

Alison van Eenennaam of the University of California, Davis talks about Cosmo and germline gene-editing of cattle. And she considers the children with genomes edited before their birth. ...