More Social Commentators Changing Their Views On GMO Crops

Organization calls on Congress for unified standards to bridge several pending labeling proposals.

Reintroduced bill includes a new provision allowing for labeling products as GMO-free via USDA-certification process.

Industry leaders share their feelings on the recently approved genetically modified apples.

The agency says the evaluated varieties are as safe and nutritious as conventional counterparts.

Florida Grower editor Frank Giles says the notion that laying out facts in defense of science somehow constitutes a grand conspiracy should give us all pause.

Science, society, and citrus greening converge in the conversation about saving Florida’s signature crop.

I got invited to serve on a panel recently that was tasked with judging a series of presentations given […]

Okanagan Specialty Fruits, the company behind the world’s first non-browning apples, fetches $41 million.

The Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association’s board of directors are working on a number of key issues that will be front-burner throughout 2015.

Florida Grower editor Frank Giles says all should marvel at the technology being used to feed the growing world population with healthy produce.

Arctic Granny and Arctic Golden apples, developed by Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc., silence the browning gene in bruised, bitten, or cut apples.

The Millennials, and society in general, have embraced notions about agriculture from the perspective of a well-fed people several generations removed from the farm.

Need for education clear as confusion, misperception rampant among results.

Voters echo past results of California and Washington elections.

Help yourself, your farm, and fellow colleagues by becoming more involved in your industry.

Let’s not get distracted by the GMO debate. Instead, let’s focus on the health benefits of fresh fruits and vegetables (GMO or not) while quietly promoting transparency via GMO labeling.

Research aims to help producers and sellers clarify the differences, market appropriately.

“The story seems different for specialty crops, like apple, that are directly consumed, viewed as inherently healthy and perhaps held to a different standard. Like it or not, the apple industry has apparently won the opportunity to be a pioneer in testing the consumer’s response to a GMO variety.”

Consumers don’t equate fresh fruit and genetically modification technology. GMO-free labels confuse the issue and create fear where there should be none.