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Reason
January 2001
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Dr. Strangelunch Or: Why we should learn to stop worrying and love genetically modified food...   |
Wired
May 2004
Richard Manning |
Super Organics Forget Frankenfruit - the new-and-improved flavor of gene science is Earth-friendly and all-natural. Welcome to the golden age of smart breeding. |
Nutrition Action Healthletter
November 2001
David Schardt |
Genetically Engineered Foods: Are They Safe? Using biotechnology to produce food has enormous potential: safer pesticides and less harm to wildlife, more nutritious foods, and greater yields to help feed the world's hungry nations. It's the risks of dicing and splicing Mother Nature that are harder to get a handle on... |
Food Processing
April 2013
Rory Gillespie |
Fear and Loathing Haunt GMOs It's difficult to balance the lack of negative scientific evidence against consumers' right to know what's in their food. |
BusinessWeek
July 14, 2003
Arlene Weintraub |
The Outcry over "Terminator" Genes in Food Critics fear such safeguards present fresh genetic perils |
Delicious Living
October 2007
Frederick Kirschenmann |
The Power of Ducks Excerpt from the author's book on obtaining a sustainable agriculture. |
Fast Company
October 2008
Elizabeth Svoboda |
The Future of Farming is in Nitrogen Efficiency A California biotech firm claims a gene that makes plants use nitrogen more efficiently can transform agriculture, make lots of money -- and slash greenhouse-gas emissions. |
Fast Company
May 2006
Charles Fishman |
A Farming Fairy Tale Imagine that you could wave a wand - and make all our food organic. |
BusinessWeek
October 16, 2006
Diane Brady |
The Organic Myth Pastoral ideals are getting trampled as organic food goes mass market. |
Salon.com
July 29, 2002
Linda Baker |
The not-so-sweet success of organic farming Pesticide-free, non-genetically modified food is a big, global business now. But, ironically, small farmers are getting the shaft. |
Chemistry World
July 21, 2006
Maria Burke |
Sourcing Bangladesh's Arsenic Arsenic contaminates millions of people's drinking water in West Bengal and Bangladesh, but scientists now think they might have figured out how the toxic element gets into the water in the first place. |
National Gardening
Lynn Byczynski |
Organic Flower Farming Growing cut flowers for farmers' markets. |
AskMen.com
Jen Janzen |
Organic Food Primer These days, you can buy almost everything in organic form, from the cotton in your T-shirts to the spinach in your fridge. Read our organic food primer to learn about the benefits of going organic and how easy it can be to incorporate it into your life. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2000
Willy H. Verheye |
Food Production or Food Aid?: An African Challenge Food production is not keeping pace with Africa's rapidly growing needs. Aid programs in the 1970s and 1980s were considered a temporary solution to the most appalling famines, but Africa's food shortage appears to be worsening. This paper discusses the reasons for this situation and ways to address it. |
National Gardening
Kathy Bond Borie |
Seed Catalog Savvy Reading between the lines to find the best varieties for your garden... |
Delicious Living
October 2007
Frederick L. Kirschenmann |
Eating Fossil Fuels: An Unsustainable Equation When the cost of oil and natural gas goes, farmers have a hard time making ends meet. |
Salon.com
October 19, 2001
Katharine Mieszkowski |
The genetically engineered pause that refreshes Corn chips and sodas are just two examples of today's "Frankenfoods," says the author of "Dinner at the New Gene Cafe"... |
Fast Company
September 1, 2007
Richard Shaffer |
Unplanned Obsolescence Grameen's famous Village Phone Program lifted thousands out of poverty, and helped Muhammad Yunus win the Nobel Peace Prize. The problem: The program is not working anymore. |
Food Processing
February 2008
Mark Anthony |
The convergence of organic and green Another reason to reformulate for organics: environmental responsibility. |
Reason
February 2007
Ronald Bailey |
Snap, Crackle, Poison? G.M. rice scare -- The rice flap isn't deadly, but it does demonstrate a need for reform in the inefficient way genetically enhanced crop varieties are approved internationally. |
Food Processing
April 2005
Kantha Shelke |
How to say it organically Consumers are buying into organic foods; are food processors buying organic ingredients? |
BusinessWeek
September 6, 2004
Carol Marie Cropper |
Does It Pay To Buy Organic? For some, the benefits of going organic are worth the higher price. Responding to the growing demand, mainstream grocers are stocking more organic produce, milk, baby food, and meats, while healthy-food chains have opened dozens of stores in the past five years. |
Delicious Living
August 2007
Emily Courtney |
Organics: A better way to feed our changing world? Organic agriculture not only produces healthy products, but is environmentally and socially friendly. |
National Gardening
Ben Watson |
Hybrid or Open Pollinated Is one type of vegetable seed better than another? |
BusinessWeek
December 26, 2005 |
Can Technology Eliminate Poverty? Grameen Bank Founder Muhammad Yunus thinks so. And he explains why changing the world is a lot more fun than just making money. |
National Gardening
Suzanne DeJohn |
Organic or Local? Agribusinesses have realized that consumers are willing to pay more for organic produce. Large farms are converting to organic methods to take advantage of this trend and fill the demand. Is this a bad thing? |
The Motley Fool
April 6, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
Fast-Blooming Biotech Monsanto's net sales and net income soar in the second quarter. Is it time to buy this stock? |
BusinessWeek
October 16, 2006
Diane Brady |
Why the Stink Over China's Organic Food? Mainland farms are going natural - if natural means large, government-run farms that don't meet USDA standards. |
Geotimes
August 2007
Megan Sever |
Genetic Discovery Yields Stronger Plants Researchers have discovered a gene in a variety of rice that allows rice plants to grow better in low-nutrient conditions and may in fact actually enhance plant growth. |
BusinessWeek
July 30, 2007
Chi-Chu Tschang |
Organic, With Pesticides Some farmers in China are taking advantage of confusing rules to falsely label food. |
