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The USDA of Europe

When Americans speculate that the United States is “becoming Europe,” we don’t mean that our art museums are getting a lot better. Instead, we worry about the encroachments of a growing bureaucracy that is smothering freedom and innovation. Last Friday, in an unexpected announcement, the U.S. Department of Agriculture took an unfortunate step toward Europeanization [...]

The USDA of Europe

A Forward-Looking Kenya Can Lead the Global Biotech Movement

A newly elected government provides a country with a rare opportunity for a fresh start—and President Uhuru Kenyatta’s nomination this week of Felix Kiptarus Kosgey to become Kenya’s next Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries offers my nation a remarkable opening to make a hard push for real food security. Success, however, will require [...]

Mexico Struggles with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

China has received most of the attention for the past five months with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H7N9. However, Mexico has struggled for almost a year with HPAI H7N3 in its commercial egg-laying flocks and broiler production flocks. According to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the H7N3 strain does not affect humans, [...]

Source – Genetic Literacy Project By Jon Entine Date – 20 May 2013 Website – www.geneticliteracyproject.org Many consumers—especially those who consider themselves ‘progressive’—have come to embrace the hard-edged beliefs, promoted by factions of the organic industry, that gene-altered crops are less safe, nutritious and sustainable than organic crops and foods. The chief promoter of anti-biotechnology [...]

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