£1.25m cash for crop research

Researchers at the institute will identify DNA markers that can be used in barley breeding programmes to eliminate potential varieties ...

Algae could help feed the world

Algae as a base for fuel is becoming less common since subsidies dried up and speculative algae-based biofuel companies are ...

“Green bullet” innovations aim to feed world of 9 billion

These are just a few of the kinds of innovations and initiatives that experts say will be critical if the ...

Frankenfish is here and unlabeled

The FDA announced it considers the Genetically Engineered AquaAdvantage salmon safe before Labor Day. The Alaskan Senator Mark Begrich called ...

Agrimovie series: Genetically modified food

Toad Pear raises some good points. Almost all the food we grow is a modification of ‘natural’ foods – plants ...

Seed size Is controlled by maternally produced small RNAs

Seed size is controlled by small RNA molecules inherited from a plant’s mother, a discovery from scientists at The University ...

The perfect milk machine: How big data transformed the dairy industry

Dairy scientists are the Gregor Mendels of the genomics age, developing new methods for understanding the link between genes and ...

Mom: ‘I’d never buy organics because I’m afraid there are dangerous pesticides on conventional produce’

YOU NEED TO SAY IN AN EDITOR'S NOTE WHO THIS 'MOM' IS When my son was a baby, organic was a synonym ...