White-tailed deer test positive for COVID-19 in lab studies
COVID-19 animal cases have been seen across mammals. USDA experiments show coronavirus symptoms like coughing and lung damage in deer.
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Meet the former government officials who quit or retired to protest ‘blatant disregard’ of science
From the U.S. Department of Agriculture to the Bureau for Intelligence and Research, hundreds of scientists have resigned, retired, or been fired from their posts since 2016.
Feral pigs are ruining ecosystems across 35 states and hunting is making it worse
Feral pigs are running rampant. There are an estimated nearly seven million and have established themselves in 35 states. According to the USDA, they cause $2 billion in damage every year. And hunting is only making the problem worse.
What to expect from the new GMO labels we’re getting in 2020
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced their plan for rolling out mandatory labels for all food products containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
What we actually lose when the USDA and EPA can’t talk to the public
The EPA and USDA have been issued gag orders, suggesting a chilling trend
CRISPR-Modified Corn May Soon Be Ready For Market
Researchers at DuPont Pioneer have published a study about a strain of corn engineered with CRISPR to be more resistant to drought. Once it receives government approval, this could soon be the first-ever CRISPR-modified crop to go on sale.
Your Food Could Soon Come Packaged In Milk
The various types of packaging that protects the food you buy from the store is biodegradable and recyclable, but what about the small subsection that isn’t, namely plastic wrap? Its sole purpose is to keep food fresh, which it does, but only nominally. What’s a food producer to do?
Gene-Edited Mushroom Bypasses GMO Food Crop Rules
The USDA decides not to regulate a CRISPR-edited white button mushroom.
This Drone-Mounted Cannon Fires Irradiated Moths At Crops
Keeping moths away from cotton is typically seen as a good thing. But the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has other ideas. In a pilot program, they’re using drones to drop thousands of lab-grown pink bollworm moths directly onto the cotton fields. Drones are a cheaper delivery method than the manual throw-moths-out-of-a-small airplane method […]
You’ll Be Able To Buy A GMO Apple In 2017
The U.S. Department of Agriculture approved the country’s first genetically modified apples for sale this Friday. The apples are dosed with extra copies of apple genes so that their flesh stays whiter longer after they have been sliced. The apples’ maker, a small company called Okanagan Specialty Fruits, has named the apples “Arctic” and plans […]