Food is the Ultimate Weapon
The anti-government protests in Iran appear to have died down this week, but they could erupt again at any moment. They also offer a helpful reminder: Food i...
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Farmers Committed to Making the Food System Even Better
We have the best system of food production in the world. Never before has what we eat been so safe, diverse, or abundant, thanks to hard-working farmers, ran...
GMO Labeling Compromise Legislation is the Best and Cheapest Lawyer
“What a long, strange trip it’s been.” For the past 25 months, Congress has been considering the role that biotechnology plays in agriculture and society and...
We Need an EPA Rooted in Sound Science
Trust the science and play by the rules. It’s that simple. The Environmental Protection Agency should remember these two principles as it thinks about a c...
State GM Labeling Ballot Initiatives are a Bad Idea that Deserve to Lose
Millions of Americans will vote today on everything from governors to drain commissioners. As they do, they’ll want to make sure they’re advancing their own int...
Good Harvests Shift Concerns to a Longer-Term View of Markets
The latest ten-year agricultural outlook by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ...
The “Future of Food” Should Be About Solutions We All Need
Maybe they should call it International Geographic. Although it’s headquartered in the United States, National Geographic is a global publication. For more t...
When Food is Short, Danger Lies Ahead
Rebellion? Insurrection? Riots? It’s hard to know exactly what constitutes “major political uprisings,” but the fact that 51 percent ...
A Sugar By Any Other Name…
The point is that all names aren’t equal. Some are better than others, which is why I support the petition to let food makers refer to high fructose ...
A Smallholder Farmer’s Quest: Produce More Food For More People
Last year, 14 million farmers worldwide planted 330 million acres (134 million hectares) of biotech crops. That’s an increase of 5 percent and 7 perce...