…College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, N.Y., $906,722 North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Durham, N.C., $1,873,987 The Department of Energy funded projects by Ohio State University and the Massachusetts Institute…
Factors Impacting Cost of Production
Subcommittee Examines Factors Impacting Cost of Production Rep. Rodney Davis (IL-13), Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research, held a hearing to highlight the positive…
Biofuels and Bioproducts
…innovative approaches to the production of renewable chemicals and materials from biomass resources. For example, industrial biotechnology company Lygos Inc. announced in early 2015 that it had successfully achieved pre-pilot-scale…
Sakata Seed Announces Contribution to UC Davis
…John Nelson, announced a substantial contribution to the Seed Biotechnology Center (SBC) at UC Davis’ Kent J. Bradford Endowment initiative. The goal of the campaign is to raise $2.5 million…
What is GMO Food?
…microorganisms) in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally by mating and/or natural recombination. The technology is often called “modern biotechnology”…
AFBF Pres. Duvall Regarding Senate Voluntary GMO Labeling Vote
…undermined the public’s understanding of the many benefits of biotechnology in feeding a growing and hungry population. We remain hopeful they will have a chance at redemption by correcting this…
NCGA Disappointed with Senate Vote
…the vital role it will play in meeting the growing need to feed a growing global population, on-pack labeling that would create confusion and stigmatize biotechnology serves only a small…
Conaway on Senate Failure to Advance GMO Labeling Legislation
…mandatory warning label for products of biotechnology. They have chosen to side with activists who have publicly acknowledged their objective is to stigmatize a safe and valuable tool for America’s…
Quest to Convert Algae to Biofuel
…an associate professor of biology and faculty director of the UF proteomics and mass spectrometry, part of the Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research; Jodie Johnson, an assistant scientist at the…
Agri View: GMO Foods Ruling
…bioengineered,” or “not genetically modified through the use of modern biotechnology.” Foods derived from genetically engineered plants must meet the same safety, labeling, and other regulatory requirements that apply to…
TPP Report on Impacts to Agriculture
…cotton exports are derived from biotechnology, and the deal includes transparency, information-sharing, and shipping provisions. TPP also includes new rules to protect the use of common names when marketing food…
Farm Bureau Approves Strategic Action Plan for 2016
…for their own land.” AFBF’s action plan also supports agricultural biotechnology that promises great benefits for agriculture, consumers and the environment. “Farmers and ranchers need better tools to be more…
First-ever UC ANR Newsmakers Seminar at World Ag Expo
…at UC Davis Alison Van Eenennaam, Ph.D. – UC ANR Cooperative Extension specialist in animal biotechnology, based at UC Davis All media with credentials from the World Ag Expo media…
Agri View: GMO Questions
…altered in a way that does not occur naturally by mating and/or natural recombination. The technology is often called “modern biotechnology” or “gene technology”, sometimes also “recombinant DNA technology” or…