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Mar 29, 2024 · Fact-checkers swooped in after social media memes claiming Bill Gates owns a farm that produces genetically modified organism (GMO) potatoes for McDonald’s started gaining traction. A March 25 Snopes “fact-check” verified that Gates does own a farm in Washington that grows potatoes for McDonald’s. But Snopes said statements made by ...
Jul 24, 2013 · GMOs May Feed the World Using Fewer Pesticides. To feed the masses, farmers depend on chemicals. But genetic engineering could slash pesticide use. De Jong spotted these potatoes covered in ...
May 17, 2023 · The ongoing confusion erodes public trust and reduces transparency in the food system. We need further long-term studies on GMOs. In a recent interview with Food Sleuth Radio, Non-GMO Project executive director Megan Westgate characterized the biotechnology industry as utterly lacking in curiosity and ongoing inquiry.
May 5, 2015 · Sweet Potato Genetically Modified 8,000 Years Ago : Goats and Soda People have been farming — and eating — a GMO for thousands of years without knowing it. Scientists have found genes from ...
Aug 15, 2018 · GMOs 101: Getting down to basics. MSU researchers offer a primer on the basics of GMO foods, breaking down an often difficult and controversial subject. An online search for “GMO” returns more than 88 million results – a tangled mess of frightening images, dense data, skepticism, insulting comments, and conflicting claims and counterclaims.
Aug 29, 2022 · The debate over the safety of genetically altered foods has been present since their inception in the 1990s. Indeed, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have often been viewed as being ‘unnatural’. Greenpeace went as far as to destroy a field of GM corn in Norfolk in 1999, but the defendants were later acquitted by a sympathetic jury in a ...
Potato Supply chain. Chinese scientists ’reinvent’ potatoes to solve global food crisis. A graphic demonstration of the team’s research (Courtesy: Cell) July 14, 2021. Chinese scientists have 'fixed' hybrid potatoes using genome editing technologies, simplifying the breeding process and allowing multiplication using True Potato Seed (TPS).
