Glacier FarmMedia – Congress is again writing a multi-year farm bill that will shape what kind of food farmers grow, how they raise it and how it gets to consumers. It’s projected to cost taxpayers US$1.5 trillion over 10 years. Legislators’ response will show whether Congress supports business as usual in agriculture or a more […] Read more
Opinion: Challenges that will shape the next farm bill – and how the U.S. eats
Opinion: What is bioengineered food?
An agriculture expert explains
The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines bioengineered food as food that “contains detectable genetic material that has been modified through certain lab techniques that cannot be created through conventional breeding or found in nature.” If that definition sounds familiar, it is because it is essentially how genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, are defined – common vocabulary […] Read more
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