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Is genetic engineering a doomed effort to reinvent nature’s wheel?
Much GMO research is just walking roads that evolution already tried. Is gene-splicing a dead end and should scientists just move on?
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Promiscuous corn can be made to behave — as long as you don’t expect perfection
Farmers have a slew of tools they can use to keep GMO grain separate from traditional crops. But none of them will deliver absolute, 100-percent results.
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In the FDA’s actions on trans fats, are there lessons for GMO labeling?
Trans fats have been an unlabeled part of the American diet until relatively recently -- a fact that makes a good case for the "precautionary approach" to new foods.
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Of monarchs and milkweeds: How one species’ pest is another’s repast
Monarch butterfly caterpillars eat only milkweed -- but milkweed is disappearing, thanks to the weed-killing chemicals that power Big Ag.
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Al Gore is a vegan now — and we think we know why
Hint: It has four legs and might be contributing as much to climate change as all our cars and trucks combined.
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Those pardoned turkeys are gonna die anyway
The lucky two will go to a turkey farm where they can run free until they drop dead in a year because commercial turkeys were not built to live.
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Here’s how to cook your Thanksgiving turkey in the dishwasher
If turducken didn’t spice up your Thanksgiving enough, dishwasher turkey is for YOU.
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Activist cited for animal cruelty because she filmed animal cruelty
A sheriff in Colorado has decided that covertly filming workers abusing farm animals constitutes cruelty to animals.
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Super Bowl faceoff: Which is greener, girls or chickens?
Four companies enter this battle of the indie brands. One will leave.
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Spicy Cheetos are sending kids to the emergency room
Kids are eating enough Flamin' Hot Crunchy Cheetos to develop Inflamin' Hot Crunchy Stomach Lining.
