The Small Gift of Microfinancing Makes for a Big Difference
Helping others with microfinanced loans it’s the season of giving and there are various non-profit organizations seeking donations, volunteers and financial support such as local …
Will GM Salmon be a Sustainable Success, or Will it Flounder?
The Fishy Business of Rejecting Sustainable GM Salmon Science The announcement on November 19th, 2015 of regulatory approval for genetically modified (GM) salmon highlights the …
Is Airplane Food Pablum for Adults?
Why I No Longer Eat on Planes Innovations in food preparations and presentation have made eating meals away from home an incredible and usually delightful …
Coexistence Between Organic, Conventional and GM Crops
Greetings from Amsterdam this week! I am(sterdam) here attending and speaking at a conference that is focused on better understanding the production, and international trade …
Seeking Plant Breeding Experts
Survey on regulation of new plant breeding techniques Since the Food and Agriculture Organization’s 2009 challenge on how to feed the world in 2050, there …
Risky Business
Regulation of Satan’s drink to GMOs Cultures have struggled with innovations for centuries. The risk associated with change and the unknown, whether real or perception, …
Oh Deere!
John Deere chasing copyright claims to your tractor Have you ever felt like you never really owned something you bought (perhaps your cat)? Well this …
Putting the Orange back in Orange Production: Citrus Greening
Novel biotechnologies might help stop plant bacteria from exterminating orange and other citrus production All around the globe orange production is being affected by Huanglongbing …
When Will You Know What the TPP Means to You?
By: William A. Kerr Bioresourse Policy, Business and Economics, University of Saskatchewan, Canada In early October, Canada and eleven other countries reached agreement on a major …
Still Hungry for Change
How Successful Has the World Been in Meeting the Millennium Development Goals? Source: Rahulkepapam, via Wikimedia Commons Fifteen years ago, the United Nations (UN) gathered …