Non-GMO seed-breeding company to open U.S. office

Israel-based non-GMO seed-breeding specialist Equinom, Ltd. will open offices in the U.S. to serve the North American market. This move will accelerate the company’s penetration into the global food market and bring it closer to key farming communities and grain handlers, as well as to food and food ingredient companies. Since Equinom supports agronomists, trades with […]

Non-GMO breeding and agroecology are helping to save the banana

Bananas have their enemies—one is the black Sigatoka disease, which GMO developers have been trying to eliminate for decades through disease-resistant GM varieties. None of the attempts since 2001 appear to be successful, despite the hype. Good news for banana lovers—recently researchers in Guadeloupe and Martinique, France, have introduced the Pointe d’Or, a variety grown […]

Fast-growing, plant-based meat market gets crowded as new players emerge

Non-GMO is important attribute of plant-based burgers

Holland turns bus stops into “buzz stops” with plants atop shelters attracting honeybees

Over 316 bus stops in Utrecht, the Netherlands, are now covered with sedum plants in an attempt to create a more sustainable, healthy city that supports biodiversity. Honeybees and bumblebees enjoy the plants sitting atop the rooftop of shelters; the plants also help capture dust and store rainwater. Energy-efficient LED lights and bamboo benches have […]

Is the bollworm growing resistant to the last defense of Bt corn and cotton?

Entomologists in southern states are reporting that earworm/bollworm caterpillars are feeding on genetically modified Bt corn and Bt cotton designed to kill them, and surviving. These crops express the Vip3A protein, developed by Syngenta to combat increased pest resistance to older Bt Cry proteins, found in three-gene cotton varieties (Bollgard 3, TwinLink Plus) and pyramided […]