The Farm Babe Michelle Miller seeks to debunk what she sees as misconceptions about modern agriculture perpetuated by another universe of influencers, many of whom are now closely aligned with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and his Make America Healthy Again, or MAHA, campaign.
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A ‘Farm Babe’ fights for GMOs and Big Ag, pushing back on MAHA influencers
Survey shows people increasingly trust peers and influencers over experts
FAO’s support of ag biotech begins to return
The author writes that it was refreshing to see agriculture biotechnology receive a positive reception at a recent conferenceorganized by the Food and Agriculture Organization, including during a speech by FAO director general Qu Dongyu.
Excessive regulation hobbles productivity
For much of the last decade, economists and business experts have been warning about Canada’s productivity crisis.
Organics continue battle with gene editing
Glacier FarmMedia – The organic sector has a bone to pick with Canadian regulators on their treatment of gene-edited crops. From the perspective of Lucy Sharratt, a speaker at the Organic Connections Conference in Saskatoon in early November, the government is dancing to the biotechnology industry’s tune as it makes policy. “It’s obvious that companies […] Read more
Knowledge can fix regulation
Glacier FarmMedia – Public disconnect from agriculture and misunderstanding of agricultural processes may be causes for regulatory concern, attendees of a recent Protein Industries Canada conference heard. Canada is a world leader in agricultural innovation and has set the standard for gene editing and plant breeding regulations, said speakers on one panel about regulatory reform. […] Read more
China hopes GM crops will increase grain self-sufficiency
China’s government approved genetically modified wheat and corn varieties for domestic cultivation last week, marking a step forward in becoming a global advocate for crop genetic modification. In only a few years China shifted from a cautious approach to GMOs to solid support, with potential implications for the country’s self-sufficiency and for global attitudes about […] Read more
Chinese add GMOs
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — China has approved 27 genetically modified corn seed varieties and three GM soybean varieties, expanding its list of approvals as it aims to increase the development and planting of high-yielding crops. The varieties approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in a recent notice include seed varieties owned by […] Read more
Consumers need to know that farm costs can hurt them
Dumping costs on somebody else is no big deal if it doesn’t cost the dumper anything. That attitude is a problem for farmers, the rest of agriculture and the food industry as the latest iteration of inflation-promoting measures makes life harder and profits thinner for everybody except the consumer. Or so the consumer thinks. Genetically […] Read more
EU loosens rules for new genomic techniques
A recent decision by the European Parliament could open opportunities for crop development and international trade
SASKATOON — A European Parliament decision earlier this month to adopt new rules for what it calls new genomic techniques is good news for agriculture and international trade, say industry and academic experts. “Science has been under a very dark cloud for a long time in Europe, and so now I think we’re seeing those […] Read more
GM acceptance one step in China’s modernization efforts
China is about to start growing genetically modified crops, and that has me wondering what it will mean for its yields, its self-sufficiency, future crop imports and rural culture. China has long accepted imports of genetically modified crops but did not grow them itself except in pilot tests. China did, however, grow GM cotton. That […] Read more
