Top news of the week: 22.09.2020.
#agroecology #soybeans #climatechange #foodsecurity #25YearsAgBiotech #FoodHero #UQ #FoodHeroes #synbio #womeninscience
Sustainability
RT @zaruk: The organic food lobby captured the term #agroecology, turning it into a social justice crusade to stop conventional ag-tech from helping smallholders develop.
The tragic irony is how results of the campaigns are anything but socially just.
From my latest: https://t.co/qzrVRbAam4 https://t.co/1SJ6AU6Os5
OpenThe Dreamer’s Disease: How Agroecology will Starve Millions
Always be careful when a political ideology imposes itself on science.
RT @JonEntine: Viewpoint: 5 reasons you should be eating GMOs @Michael_A_Lavin @SynBioBeta https://t.co/kLwc90vCis
OpenViewpoint: 5 reasons you should be eating GMOs
Impossible Burger is a household name best recognized for its successful introduction of a plant-based burger that “bleeds” and has no animal hormones or
#FoodHero Ian Godwin @Godwin_UQ of @UQscience #UQ talks about the role of biotechnology in developing crops with the enhanced quality traits necessary to combat the effects of #climatechange and improve #foodsecurity. Biotech #FoodHeroes #25YearsAgBiotech
https://t.co/bX8JRLAwTO https://t.co/mhzMb5g8dz
OpenIan Godwin
Plant Scientist Ian Godwin has been advocating for biotech crops for years. He is one of our biotech #FoodHeroes
RT @WomenScienceRFS: Congratulations to @EmilyLeproust, CEO and Co-founder of @TwistBioscience, winner of BIO’s 2020 Rosalind Franklin Award! https://t.co/je2pVa59RD The award will be presented on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at #BIOIMPACT20 #WomenInSTEM #womeninscience @IAmBiotech #synbio https://t.co/jDYnUqWb6X
OpenEmily Leproust, Ph.D., to Receive 2020 Rosalind Franklin Award
Twist Bioscience (Nasdaq: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform
How To Break Free From The ‘Pesticide Treadmill’
We need real innovation and blue-sky thinking so that we can empower farmers to step off the pesticide treadmill and start delivering true sustainability at scale.
The @Cargill initiative will focus primarily on row-crop rotations that include #corn, #wheat, #canola, #soybeans, and other staple crops.
https://t.co/uTi6JqZdbA
OpenCargill to advance regenerative agriculture practices across 10 million acres by 2030
Initiative will focus primarily on row-crop rotations including corn, wheat, soybeans, canola, and other crops.
Most plastic will never be recycled – and the manufacturers couldn’t care less | Arwa Mahdawi https://t.co/dwRjVpLvo3
OpenMost plastic will never be recycled – and the manufacturers couldn’t care less
Oil and gas companies make far more money churning out new plastic than reusing old. Meanwhile, the public gets the blame, writes Arwa Mahdawi
RT @McFaul: "Of the approximately 33 million acres of forest in California, federal agencies (including the USDA Forest Service and USDI Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service) own and manage 19 million acres (57%)." https://t.co/E2WJx4bqCv. Pesky facts Mr. President ! https://t.co/NvAvB6pa17
OpenCalifornia Forests
Of the approximately 33 million acres of forest in California, federal agencies (including the USDA Forest Service and USDI Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service) …