Actress Emma Watson might be best known for playing “the brightest witch of her age,” Hermione Granger, in the Harry Potter movies, but she has gotten some…
Sustainability
Survey: Food Dialogue Gains Momentum; Media Drive Beliefs, Changes
[Resource page here] [Download this as a PDF] Survey: Food Dialogue Gains Momentum; Media Drive Beliefs, Changes For Consumers, “Healthy” Means What Isn’t, Rather Than What Is,…
Seeking the Iron Throne? Follow These Tips To Help You Conquer All of Westeros
Sunday nights are the only part of the week that matters for me during the next three months when HBO’s “Game of Thrones” airs. The time in…
Feed the World [VIDEO]
There are 7 billion people on the planet, and in 30 years, that number will grow to 10 billion. While the population boom in the last century…
A (Half) Dozen Reasons to Ignore the Dirty Dozen
It’s that time of year- The Environmental Working Group released its annual “Dirty Dozen” list today. The list features twelve fruits and veggies that EWG says have…
How People, Water and Agriculture Connect
When you think of water, what comes to mind? Is it a cool swig after a hard workout? Is it your beach vacation from last year? Or is…
Biotech Benefits: Drought- and Salinity-Resistant Crops
A study released March 14 concluded that more than 500,000 people could die due to the effects of climate change on food production. And it isn’t the…
Purdue University Sees What a “Ban” on GMOs Would Look Like [INFOGRAPHIC]
This week, my alma mater, Purdue University, published a study in AgBioForum that aimed to answer a simple question: What would the world look like without genetically…
Bill Gates: GMOs Will End Starvation in Africa
This week, Bill and Melinda Gates spoke to the Wall Street Journal at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, about how food biotechnology can help those…