gmo

5 things you should know about the genetically modified food you’re probably eating

Jeremy Bernfeld — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:24:16 +0000

Would you feed your family genetically modified food? Chances are, you already have.

On Thursday's Central Standard, the science behind genetically modified (GMO) and genetically engineered (GE) food.

MU scientist plays key role in new GE salmon

Abbie Fentress Swanson — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:36:22 +0000

Kevin Wells has been genetically engineering animals for 24 years.

“It’s sort of like a jigsaw puzzle,” said Wells recently as he walked through his lab at the University of Missouri - Columbia. “You take DNA apart and put it back together in different orders, different orientations.”

GMO labeling and possible answer to end meth labs

Kristofor Husted — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:30:00 +0000

Whole Foods Market recently announced that by 2018, all products in its U-S and Canadian stores containing genetically modified organisms will be clearly labeled as such. The decision by the grocery chain -- which has been labeling some products as non-GMO for years now -- has pushed this strongly debated food labeling issue into the shopping aisle.

The real action, though, is heating up in state legislatures across the country. Harvest Public Media’s Abbie Fentress Swanson explains.

Not many of us are chemists.

GMO labeling laws on deck in the Midwest

Abbie Fentress Swanson — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:16:53 +0000

Just south of Hermann, Mo., Swiss Meat and Sausage Co. processes 2 million pounds of meat a year -- everything from cattle to hogs to buffalo to elk.

And everything gets a label.

“No antibiotics added, raised without added hormones, all natural, minimally processed," Glenn Brandt, the production manager for Swiss Meat, reads from a hefty roll of hickory smoked beef sausage stickers.

What this label does not indicate, however, is whether or not the sausage contains genetically modified organisms, or GMOs.

The science behind genetically modified seeds

Rehman Tungekar — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:58:38 +0000

This week, we’ll hear from Harvest Public Media’s Science of the Seed Series.

Seed science pushes toward higher yields

Amy Mayer — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:24:30 +0000

At an open house at DuPont Pioneer’s Dallas Center Corn Research Center near Des Moines, Iowa, retired corn breeder Bill Ambrose marveled at the tools available today to do the job he did for nearly 40 years.

Field Notes: The year's top stories in agriculture

Abbie Fentress Swanson and Peggy Lowe — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:37:20 +0000

This is the latest installment of Harvest Public Media’s Field Notes, in which reporters talk to newsmakers and experts about important issues related to food production.

For this edition of Field Notes — our first in 2013 — we decided to take a look back at last year’s biggest stories in agriculture.

Will the defeat of Prop 37 lead to a national food labeling push?

Abbie Fentress Swanson — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:25:40 +0000

California voters defeated Proposition 37 [PDF] on Tuesday night, the ballot measure that would have required labels to indicate the presence of genetically modified foods. At the polls, 53 percent of Californians voted against the proposition, while 47 percent voted for it.

On genetically modified food and allergies

Rehman Tungekar — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 23:30:04 +0000

This week, we’ll see if there’s a connection between genetically modified food and allergies.