"For most Americans, the 400,000 tons of chemicals used to kill weeds, bugs, and fungi each year are invisible," writes ...

I warned about the risks of GM foods for consumers and the need for farmers to purchase new GM seeds each year, the former ...

The USDA wants to deregulate (approve for release into the wild) the GM American chestnut tree in spite of the fact that it ...

* Organic and biodynamic farmers and food producers still have a legal obligation to avoid contamination with all GMOs, including PBOs. The new Regulations take away the necessary tools and processes ...

Quick LinksSynthetic Biology Gets Its Name in the 1910s, but Captures Imaginations in the 70sHumans Patent Life in 1981We Map Our Own Genome in the 90sGMO Food Is Approved in 1994We Created Artificial ...

Knowing what the USDA defines as organic and the benefits of these farming methods helps you make the right choice.

Glow-in-the-dark mice, silk-producing goats, venomous cabbage-- these are all wacky and downright unsettling examples of what can happen when scientists tinker with DNA. They're also part of the ...

Monsanto, the world’s largest producer of GMO seeds, is betting that a new technology called gene editing may calm consumers unease about eating modified foods.

Monsanto promotes its genetically modified (GM) crops and associated pesticides on the claimed grounds that they are needed to help 'feed the world'. But the five judges of the Monsanto Tribunal found ...