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Bioengineered beer gets brush-off *
Spurned across the continent by food-fastidious Europeans, the biotechnology industry has turned in its quest for converts to the ultimate ice-breaker: genetically modified beer.
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Biotech protesters pick wrong target *
Pharmaceuticals conference mistaken for meeting about genetically modified foods.
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Breaking the food chains *
When Florence Wambugu lectured at the University of Toronto last week there was a security guard on hand, just in case. Sometimes demonstrators show up when she speaks. To them, this stately, eloquent Kenyan woman has a dangerous message.
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Bye-bye bees *
While honey and honey products account for only a small fraction of the nation's agriculture, 140 billion commercially raised honeybees are responsible for pollinating about $20 billion worth of crops, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics.
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Cookie maker crumbles on fat ... *
For more than half a century, the Voortman family has made its cookies in the same blends of flour, sugars and oils, building a loyal following and carving out a place as one of North America's biggest cookie makers along the way.
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EU ends ban on biotech food *
The European Union lifted its six-year moratorium on biotech products Wednesday by approving imports of an insect-resistant strain of sweet corn for human consumption.
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EU nearer to easing ban on GM foods *
The European Parliament passed tough rules on genetically modified products Wednesday, opening the way to lift the European Union's ban on their sale as long as they are clearly labelled.
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Europe's latest ruse to bar modified foods *
GMO restrictions in Europe -- Note: This story does not reflect the editorial stance of evalu8.org
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Frankenfood: Science losing the agitprop battle *
There are now 19,600 references to Frankenfood in Google, and that number that does not capture the terms larger effectiveness as a way of demonizing genetically engineered food.
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Genetically Modified Wheat *
GM wheat may be great, but our markets don't want it. Listen up, Ottawa: We want those markets, say agricultural academics MURRAY FULTON, HARTLEY FURTAN, RICHARD GREY and GEORGE KHACHATOURIANS
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GMO wheat risky, study asserts *
Genetically modified wheat is "environmentally unsafe" and, if approved for use in Canada, could close markets to this country's multibillion-dollar crop, Canadian scientists have found.
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GMOs: Let them eat what they want *
Canada should not stand in the way of Europeans making their own decisions about genetically modified foods, says political scientist DAVID WELCH
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Keeping the biotech genie in the bottle *
Just two years ago, a couple of artists opened a small boutique called Gene Genies Worldwide in a trendy part of Pasadena, CA.
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Life on the research farm *
Let me fill you this week with images of endlessly ejaculating pigs, endlessly omnivorous chickens and the endlessly bumpy future of GM agriculture.
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Media not behind 'genohype,' study shows *
The media are often accused of exaggerating the importance of developments in the field of genetic research. Those who level the allegation have even coined a term to describe it — they call it genohype
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Monsanto wins key biotech ruling *
The Supreme Court of Canada made biotechnology history Friday with a 5-4 ruling that a Saskatchewan farmer violated a patent Monsanto Canada Inc. held on genes of genetically engineered canola seeds.
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Okay to ban GM food, European court rules *
The European Union's high court ruled Tuesday that Italy and other EU governments can temporarily ban genetically modified foods while they examine health risks, but must provide "detailed grounds," not general fears, to do so.
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PEI cereal growers oppose GMO ban *
Cereal crop growers on Prince Edward Island are opposed to a proposed ban on genetically modified crops in the province.
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Poll shows huge support for GMO labelling *
An overwhelming majority of Canadians thinks that the government has provided insufficient information about genetically modified organisms (GMO) in food and believes that all foods containing GMOs should be labelled as such.
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Read the fine print on GMO labels *
Don't swallow the EU way. Let's push for multilateral rules on how we label what we eat, say PETER PHILLIPS and ROBERT WOLFE -- Note: This story does not reflect the editorial stance of evalu8.org
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Researchers cultivate decaf beans *
Decaf brew from a coffee plant that has been genetically modified to produce beans with very little caffeine could one day come to a coffee shop near you.
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Seeds of doubt over the Monsanto decision *
On Monday morning, Monsanto Corp. blinked. After more than three years of an increasingly tense debate over its genetically modified (GM) Roundup Ready (RR) wheat, the company announced that it has suspended all further research and commercialization efforts, in all countries, effective immediately.
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Study says modified wheat causes 'unacceptable' risk *
Genetically modified wheat poses an unacceptable risk to the environment, says a University of Manitoba study released Wednesday.
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Team links farmed fish to outbreak *
A team of research scientists says it has conclusively linked the transmission of lethal sea lice from farmed to wild salmon, a finding that raises questions about the future of BC's $400-million salmon farming industry.
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Three dangerous little pigs *
This week, the government agency that's responsible for Canada's food safety quietly slipped out an announcement that three little pigs had gone to market by mistake in Quebec. The animals were genetically engineered as part of a program to produce pharmaceutical proteins, and their safety for use in the human food chain has never been assessed.
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UN food agency approves biotech crops *
A United Nations food agency is coming out in favour of biotech crops, saying genetically modified organisms have already helped small farmers financially, have had some environmental benefits and have had no ill effects on health.
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When meat is not murder *
Would you eat steak if it had been grown in a petri dish? It is the ultimate conundrum for vegetarians who think that meat is murder: a revolution in processed food that will see fresh meat grown from animal cells without a single cow, sheep or pig being killed.
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Yes, we'll have no bananas *
Thanks to selective breeding, our favourite fruit can neither reproduce nor defend itself from disease. There's a lesson here, says biologist ROBERT ALISON
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Anti-seal hunt ads in U.S. dismissed by fisheries minister *
"It's not misleading, it's absolutely wrong," says John Efford, a former fisherman from Newfoundland. "It can't be any more wrong to say we're killing baby seals when we're not."
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