Genetically modified crops aren't a solution to climate change, despite what the biotech industry says

Biotech firms are using climate goals opportunistically in an attempt to force through the deregulation of genetically modified crops.

Barbara Van Dyck, Research Fellow in Political Agroecology, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) • conversation
Dec. 15, 2023 • ~8 min

Wild plants may edit their genomes in the same way we make GM crops – and it could be crucial to evolution

Recent study investigated how fast genes are being transferred between distantly related species.

Pauline Raimondeau, Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University • conversation
Oct. 9, 2023 • ~7 min

Gene-edited crops: expert Q+A on what field trials could mean for the future of food

Field trials of genetically edited crop plants are to be allowed in England under new government proposals.

Guy Poppy, Director of Multidisciplinary Research and Professor of Ecology, University of Southampton • conversation
Sept. 30, 2021 • ~11 min

Should we genetically edit the food we eat? We asked two experts

Catherine Price, sociologist, and Nicola Patron, synthetic plant biologist, discuss the promises, dangers and concerns around gene edited and GM crops.

Catherine Price, Postdoctoral Researcher, Change in Agriculture, University of Reading • conversation
Aug. 11, 2021 • ~22 min

How a new biotech rule will foster distrust with the public and impede progress in science

A new biotech regulation allows companies to self-police and decide which crops should be regulated. The new rule is likely to amplify greater distrust of GM crops.

Maywa Montenegro, UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis • conversation
June 1, 2020 • ~10 min

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