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On Double Standards and the Union of Concerned Scientists

August 22, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in agriculture, biotechnology, GMOs, science | 30 comments

https://www.allthingsheartandhome.com/japandi-kitchen/ Several weeks ago, the Union of Concerned Scientists posted a hard-hitting rebuttal to a famous environmentalist, someone who is normally an ally. Here’s a taste: A new and misnamed book co-authored by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Thimerosal: Let the Science Speak,  is filled with exactly the kinds of misrepresentations of facts and slippery slope distortions of…Continue Reading…

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Why it Matters What Liberal Validators Say on GMOs

August 4, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in agriculture, AquaBounty, biotechnology, GMOs, science | 90 comments

https://www.hawkalumni.org/alumni-spotlight/ When Neil deGrasse Tyson speaks, people listen. I was on vacation when America’s most prominent scientist made news for railing against GMO fearmongers. “Practically every food you buy in a store for consumption by humans is genetically modified food,” he told a French interviewer. It was an impromptu, oversimplified response on a complex, hot-button subject, but…Continue Reading…

Can Monsanto Win Over its Critics?

July 3, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in agriculture, biotechnology, GMOs, Monsanto | 29 comments

Earlier this year I explored how Monsanto, the world’s most successful agricultural biotech company, became the poster child for the anti-GMO movement. (The best book-length history of how this came to be remains “Lords of the Harvest,” by NPR’s Dan Charles.) What fascinates me–and undoubtedly infuriates anyone who works at Monsanto–is how hard it is…Continue Reading…

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Perhaps Global Agricultural Trends aren't as Dire as We Thought

June 30, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in agriculture, carbon footprint, climate change | 19 comments

https://seventhplanehealings.com/index.php/theta/ Many people working in the global sustainability arena tend to be focused on one of two knotty issues: 1) climate change or 2) food security.  The former is devilish because we have to figure out how to power the developing world while reducing our overall carbon footprint. The latter is also complex because we have…Continue Reading…

Agriculture isn't Natural

June 12, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in agriculture, biotechnology, GMOs, Greenpeace | 17 comments

Order Ultram Online In PLOS Biology, a UK geneticist offers some wise suggestions on how to move beyond the simplistic frames that dominate agriculture and the GMO discourse. She writes: First, it is necessary to move on from the well-worn logical fallacy that anything natural is good, and anything unnatural is bad. The application of this fallacy to agriculture…Continue Reading…

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The Entrenched GMO Narrative

May 22, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, GMOs, science journalism | 23 comments

Regular readers of Collide-a-Scape know that I’m interested in popular narratives that shape public discourse. I’m specifically interested in how science and environment-related topics are covered in the media, and how this coverage tends to create dominant narratives. Along these lines, I’ve explored the genesis and amplification of varied media narratives, from Jared Diamond’s collapse…Continue Reading…

How Does Crop Biotechnology Help Food Security?

February 26, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in agriculture, biotechnology, GMOs, select, sustainability | 74 comments

In the U.S. food is taken for granted. There are well-stocked supermarkets and no shortage of cookbooks and eateries to indulge appetites. This bountiful supply allows Americans to focus more on the aesthetics of food and, to an increasing degree, where and how it is produced. For the millions around the globe who do not…Continue Reading…

The Allure of the Rural Idyll

February 12, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in agriculture, environment, farming, nature | 7 comments

https://prsaboston.org/6200-2/ When I want to escape the cacophony of civilization, I head to the country. I love to see all the grazing cows as I drive through a quaint rural backroad. The lush, wholesome scenery is exactly like the images on my organic milk and yogurt containers. Maybe I come across an antique shop, where I…Continue Reading…

The Frothy Anti-GMO Stew

February 10, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in agriculture, biotechnology, GMOs | 32 comments

Have you ever wondered why some people are fearful of GMOs? Even if you shake your head at this question, it is important to ponder because most discussions of genetically modified crops are shaped more by emotions than facts. This is why the evidence-driven search for truth by Nathanael Johnson was not appreciated by anti-GMO food…Continue Reading…

Framing the Green Revolution

February 8, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in agriculture, biotechnology, environment, GMOs, green revolution, select | 13 comments

A straightforward definition from Wikipedia: Green revolution refers to  to a series of research, development, and technology transfer initiatives, occurring between the 1940s and the late 1960s, that increased agriculture production worldwide, particularly in the developing world, beginning most markedly in the late 1960s. The initiatives, led by Norman Borlaug, the “Father of the Green Revolution” credited with…Continue Reading…

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