At CRISPRcon, an organic luminary embraces gene editing. Will the industry...
BOSTON — Klaas Martens, a prominent voice in the organic movement and a third-generation grain and livestock farmer, says he would be open to using gene-edited crops, as long as they mimic naturally...
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Europe is going to regulate gene-edited organisms as if they were alien...
The world (stop me if you’ve heard this one before) is not perfect. And the legal system is less perfect than the world: Laws are created by people who don’t necessarily understand what they’re trying...
View ArticleFDA finds a surprise in gene-edited cattle: antibiotic-resistant, non-bovine DNA
How do you get a better cow? You breed it. For decades, cattle ranchers, dairy farmers, and others have relied on a billion-dollar animal genetics industry to get fitter, happier, and more productive...
View ArticleNow that scientists have sequenced the avocado genome, can we grow them in...
From toast to theme restaurants, the avocado has soared in popularity in the United States. Consumption is up from 436.6 million pounds annually to 2.4 billion pounds between 1985 and 2018. “What we’ve...
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