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Contamination Matters – Why GM crops can’t be managed at a national level

Posted on June 5, 2014 by argylesock

Rob White at GM Freeze in Manchester, England, tells us that GM (genetically modified, genetically engineered) crops can’t be managed at a national level. As you know I’m quite discouraged about this biotech. Is the GM crops war over? I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, food, horticulture | Tagged academia, America, Asia, biodiversity, biotechnology, Bt crop, crop, escaping transgene, Europe, flax, flax Triffid, food, genetic modification, grain, herbicide resistance, insecticide, law, oilseed, pesticide, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, politics, research, rice, rice Bt63, rice LL601, rice LL62, textile, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership | 9 Comments

Out of Sight, Out of Mind? A Visualization of Ocean Trash

Posted on May 18, 2014 by argylesock

Originally posted on Ocean News:
Project AWARE’s new interactive map is the first to visualize nearly three years of ongoing reporting by an international network of scuba divers who remove marine debris they find underwater through the Dive Against Debris…

Posted in ecology, knowledge transfer | Tagged Africa, America, Asia, conservation, data, Europe, finfish, fishing, glass, habitat loss, invertebrate, mammal, map, marine mammal, metal, paper, plastic, pollution, rubber, sea, shellfish, textile, vertebrate, waste, wildlife, wood | Leave a comment

A GM potato for Europe?

Posted on December 25, 2013 by argylesock

Here in the European Union (EU), farmers were allowed to grow two crops that had been genetically modified (GM, genetically engineered, GE, biotech). Now they’re only allowed to grow one of them. In July this year I said that whether … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, knowledge transfer, money and trade | Tagged Agrobacterium tumefaciens, America, antibiotic, antibiotic resistance, BASF, biotechnology, Bt crop, carbohydrate, corn, crop, Dow, escaping transgene, Europe, European Food Safety Authority, farmer, feed, food, food processing, food safety, gene silencing, genetic modification, Golden Rice, grain, law, maize, maize 1507, maize MON810, Monsanto, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, nutrition, paper, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, potato, potato Amflora, rice, Roundup Ready crop, soya, starch, Syngenta, textile, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, tuber | 3 Comments

Wageningen researchers find yields from new crop varieties continue to increase

Posted on November 15, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on AgScience:
New varieties continue to yield more than their predecessors, according to research into varieties of winter wheat, spring barley, potatoes grown for starch and sugar beet which have been introduced in the Netherlands by plant breeding…

Posted in agriculture | Tagged arthropod, barley, BASF, biotechnology, breeding, Bt crop, Bt toxin, corn, crop, crop variety, data, development, genetic modification, harvest, insect, insecticide, law, maize, maize MON810, Monsanto, paper, pest, pesticide, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, potato, potato Amflora, research, selective breeding, starch, sugar beet, textile, wheat, yield | 2 Comments

Ruth Benerito

Posted on October 14, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on Grandma Got STEM:
Thanks to Andrea Hermann, who suggested this post: The Washington Post recently had an obituary by Emily Langer for Dr. Ruth Benerito. Dr. Benerito, an Agriculture Department chemist, was credited with helping create wrinkle-free cotton. She…

Posted in knowledge transfer | Tagged cash crop, cotton, crop, history, knowledge, plant_dicot, research, textile, woman | Leave a comment

How Monsanto Is Terrifying the Farming World

Posted on July 29, 2013 by argylesock

argylesock says… Here are strong words against the biotech giant Monsanto, ‘a pesticide company that’s bought up seed firms.’ I can’t vouch for the accuracy of this article, but it’s well worth reading. I notice one error. The two GM … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, knowledge transfer, money and trade | Tagged America, BASF, biotechnology, brassica, canola, corn, cotton, crop, crop variety, Europe, feed, food, genetic modification, grain, history, knowledge, legume, maize, maize MON810, Monsanto, oilseed, pesticide, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, politics, potato, potato Amflora, rapeseed, soya, textile, trade, wheat | 3 Comments

Agricultural biotech against poverty and hunger

Posted on July 11, 2013 by argylesock

Too many people are hungry. Many of the hungry people are African. Biotechnology might help. The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) tells us how biotech can help to feed people. ‘A successful strategy should have MULTIPLE … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, food, knowledge transfer, money and trade | Tagged Africa, biotechnology, breeding, cassava, corn, crop variety, development, feed, food, fruit, fuel, genetic modification, grain, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, knowledge, legume, maize, marker assisted selection, melon, millet, pearl millet, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, potato, research, seed, selective breeding, sorghum, soya, staple food, sugar cane, sweet potato, textile, tissue culture, tomato, trade, transport, tuber, wheat | 3 Comments

Tag Archives: textile

Contamination Matters – Why GM crops can’t be managed at a national level

Out of Sight, Out of Mind? A Visualization of Ocean Trash

A GM potato for Europe?

Wageningen researchers find yields from new crop varieties continue to increase

Ruth Benerito

How Monsanto Is Terrifying the Farming World

Agricultural biotech against poverty and hunger

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