Thank You From Iowa to Hawaii
I had a similar experience a few years ago when biotech soybeans came onto the market. Before they arrived, I cant tell you how many hot summer days I spent ha...
Technology
The Politics of Confusion
Europe now will require any food product carrying microscopic amounts of biotech ingredients to display a label designed to scare consumers away from buying it....
Biting the "Billion-Dollar Bug" Back
The timing was impeccable - The very week we were celebrating the 50th anniversary of the discovery of DNA, we also learned of a major advance in agricultural b...
A Partnership that works - Biotech, Biofuels and the Consumer
At last, Congress is on the brink of passing new legislation on biofuels. A vital component of a big energy bill now includes refinery requirements that would d...
Don`t go mad over BSE
Nothings more important than keeping a level head following last weeks discovery that a Canadian cow was infected with mad cow disease. What may look like a...
Searching for the `real` story on biotech Wheat
Writer Justin Gillis described a meeting at the Long Knife Saloon, where wheat farmers gathered to discuss a new kind of crop that will help them cut down on we...
To use or not to use... The Biotech opportunity every farmer should have
These seeds can be planted by very large, expensive and complicated planting equipment, or they can be planted by hand, the same way they have been planted for ...
FDR: All we have to fear is fear itself
Everybodys afraid of something, but not all fears are created equal.
A lot of people are afraid of heights, jokes the comedian Stephen Wright. Not me. I...
The Global Biotech Crop Revolution
A certain breed of publicist believes that theres no such thing as a bad controversy. As long as people are talking about something--a celebrity, a TV show, a...
Fighting Famine
Famine is a matter of life and death--if we dont feed hungry people, they will starve. Youve probably seen the statistics, advertised by relief groups, claimi...