Monthly Archives: July 2009

GM food crops raise 2 distinct set of ethical issues: 1) is the food safe to consume? and 2) do the crops themselves pose ecological hazards? This story is primarily about the latter. (For better or for worse, in Canada … Continue reading →

From The Guardian: Bug brings hope for fight against Japanese knotweed It arrived quietly nearly 200 years ago and now threatens numerous British plants, allotments, gardens, pavements, buildings, railways and water courses. Japanese knotweed – capable of growing 3 metres … Continue reading →

From the Calgary Herald: Canadian discovery raises questions about gene studies Scientists in Montreal have discovered that not all human cells are identical, a surprising observation that could turn genetic research upside down. For years, scientists have worked on the … Continue reading →

I blogged last week about GM wheat: Biotech’s Real Customer: Will GM Wheat Producers Repeat Monsanto’s Error? Now this week comes this press release, from Monsanto: Monsanto Company Invests in Developing New Technologies for Wheat With Acquisition of WestBred Business … Continue reading →

The popular assumption is that business hates regulation. That’s not quite true. Like individual people, business likes laws and regulations — within reason, laws and regs protect us, and provide a degree of regularity to life. But of course, we’d … Continue reading →

From Maui Weekly: Council Reviews Taro Bill For those who arrived at the Maui County Council Chambers on Thursday, June 25, anticipating a consensus on a proposed ordinance to ban genetically engineered (GE) kalo, or taro, in Maui County, it … Continue reading →

Here’s an interesting article about the history and future of GM wheat in the U.S. From the High Plains Midwest AG Journal: Future of biotech wheat lies with growers, providers As the wheat industry continues its long progress toward the … Continue reading →