First Look at the Bioengineered Label Final Rule
Editor’s note: The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released their bioengineered label final rule today. Learn about the bioengineered label’s definitions in Anastasia Bodnar’s post...
View ArticleBioengineered Label – Consumer Impacts
On December 20th, 2018, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released the final rule for the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard. It’s 239 pages of dense text that everyone in the...
View ArticleGMOs Improve Commerce and Social Justice
Written by Kendal Hirschi Adam Smith and Genetically Modified Foods Adam Smith (1723-1790) was a Scottish economist and philosopher. Adam Smith may be known as the father of capitalism but he was also...
View ArticleA Golden Story
Sometimes fiction can teach us more about a topic than complicated diagrams. Science communicator Rebecca Nesbit has published a short story titled The Golden Ticket that uses sibling rivalry to...
View ArticleAAAS award misstep could be an opportunity
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has presented an award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility annually since 1980. “It honors scientists, engineers or organizations...
View ArticleSupport GM Wheat Trials
Researchers in England have developed genetically modified wheat with higher levels of iron. Support GM wheat trials by sending your comments by 4 March 2019 to Defra (the Department for Environment,...
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