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Engineered cotton uses weed-suppression chemical as nutrient

Dr. Keerti Rathore, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research plant biotechnologist in College Station, stands among ptxD-cotton plants being grown in a greenhouse for seed increase. Credit: Texas A&M AgriLife ph... read more

Why choosing Organic Cotton is better for everyone

Conventional cotton farmers also grow cotton year after year on the same plot of land. This causes soil degradation as nutrients are not replaced and reduces water retention in the soil. Conventional ... read more

20 Genetically Modified Foods Coming to Your Plate

Rice plants are often modified to be resistant to herbicides and pests, to increase grain size and to generate nutrients ... chemical companies DuPont and Monsanto are both working on their own versio... read more

GM Technology in China

Most genetic modification of foods has primarily focused on cash crops in high demand by farmers such as soybeans, corn, canola, and cotton seed oil ... reduce chemical use and be engineered to contai... read more

Namibia: Environmental Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops

Pet resistance (Bt) genes from genetically modified crops disrupt the food web in the soil. According to Swanby, ecological health begins in the soil as it is the most vital source of nutrients for pl... read more

We, humans, are our own worst enemy

A recent lead story was about dicamba, a tried-and-true weedkiller widely used in the South ... The herbicide is spreading to non-GMO cotton and soybean fields owned by farmers who prefer not to grow ... read more

7 ways buying truly organic cotton kids’ bedding helps save the Earth

Repeated use of harsh chemical fertilizers increase soil’s acidity ... Year after year, decade after decade, monoculture planers would only plant cotton. Since cotton is one of the thirstiest and nutr... read more

What Are GMO Foods, And Are They Okay To Eat?

The advent of genetically modified ... used as a source of livestock feed as well as precursors for a variety of processed foods and biofuels. As of 2013, nearly 85 percent of the nation's corn produc... read more

Report: Herbicide, chemical fertilizer use doubled on Vermont dairy farms in a decade

Farmers used 1.54 pounds of herbicide per acre in 2002; that number increased to 3.01 pounds per acre in 2012. Genetically engineered crops have reduced ... or about 8.9 million pounds of chemical nut... read more

Women and Biodiversity Feed the World, Not Corporations and GMOs

and more chemical use. Our study of soils in the Bt cotton regions of Vidharba in India showed a dramatic decline in beneficial soil organisms. (Bt cotton is a Monsanto-produced, genetically modified ... read more

Genetically Modified Rice and Corn To Grow in China, then the World

According to Reuters, China recently approved the commercial use of genetically modified rice and corn to be phased ... Of course, genetically modified food isn’t new, not even in China. They’ve had G... read more

Engineered cotton uses weed-suppression chemical as nutrient: researchers

HOUSTON, June 4 (Xinhua) -- A newly developed fertilizer system may provide nutrition to engineered cotton crops, while suppressing weeds that are increasingly herbicide resistant, according to a publ... read more