- The Cost of Precautionary, Process-based Regulation (3 of 3) February 9, 2020
- US Regulation of Transgenic Food Animals (2 of 3) February 9, 2020
- Genetic Engineering of Livestock: 35 Years of Inaction (1 of 3) February 9, 2020
- Rounding Up Fear (3 of 3) February 2, 2020
- Sponsoring Falsehood (2 of 3) February 2, 2020
- Poison-free, fossil-free California agriculture (1 of 3) February 2, 2020
- Who is selling cultured meat? What do the consultants and the data say? 4 of 4 December 15, 2019
- Cultured meat start-ups and venture capital: What do the data say? 3 of 4 December 15, 2019
- Cultured meats and LCA statistics: What do the data say? 2 of 4 December 15, 2019
- Alternative meats and alternative statistics: What do the data say? 1 of 4 December 15, 2019
- Unnatural Selection October 20, 2019
- Harmonize US gene-edited food regulations April 26, 2019
- Proposed U.S. regulation of gene-edited food animals is not fit for purpose January 20, 2019
- Proposition 12 – Humane vs. Humane August 14, 2018
- Antibiotic Use and Food Animals January 5, 2018
- Proposition 2 déjà vu (Part 3 of 3) January 4, 2018
- Evidence-based animal welfare recommendations (Part 2 of 3) January 3, 2018
- Six hens a laying (Part 1 of 3) January 2, 2018
- Two pendulous nipples January 1, 2018
- A look back at 2017 December 31, 2017
- The “Worried Wealthy” September 10, 2017
- False and Misleading July 7, 2017
- What defines organic milk? May 14, 2017
- Are slow-growing chickens better? February 8, 2017
- Another Day, Another Séralini study January 28, 2017
- FDA seeks public comments on regulation of genetically altered animals January 22, 2017
- Who does fund University research? January 8, 2017
- I would appreciate your comment on a recently published study January 3, 2017
- Who should fund University research? January 2, 2017
- Fishy Business December 22, 2016
- Teenager raped to death and doughnuts in the surgery room December 22, 2016
- Four Legs, Two Legs, No Legs: What Does Science Tell Us About the Best Sources of Sustainable Animal Protein? April 22, 2016
- Maserati or a Graduate student? March 27, 2016
- Got pests? February 23, 2016
- Time to Accelerate Real Change February 16, 2016
- Omega-3 fatty acids and milk February 15, 2016
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- The Cost of Precautionary, Process-based Regulation (3 of 3) February 9, 2020This is part 3 of a 1, 2, 3 part series on Genetic Engineering in Livestock In 1996, the year of Dolly the infamous first somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) cloned mammal and the promulgation of the United States Coordinated Framework for Regulation of Biotechnology , a review paper found that of the 289 published papers in PubMed when searching […]
- US Regulation of Transgenic Food Animals (2 of 3) February 9, 2020This is part 2 of a 1, 2, 3 part series on Genetic Engineering in Livestock When AquaBounty sought to commercialize the first transgenic food animal in the mid 1990s (first produced in 1989), there was no official regulatory approach in place. Former CEO of AquaBounty technologies Dr. Ron Stotish in a 2012 abstract entitled “AquAdvantage […]
- Genetic Engineering of Livestock: 35 Years of Inaction (1 of 3) February 9, 2020This is part 1 of a 1, 2, 3 part series on Genetic Engineering in Livestock 2020 signals the dawn of a new decade, 35 years after the arrival of the first transgenic livestock, and offers an opportunity to let knowledge gained inform current and future perspectives. Despite the fact that genetically engineered (GE) crops have […]
- Rounding Up Fear (3 of 3) February 3, 2020This is part 3 of a 1, 2, 3 part BLOG series on this January 2020 two-day event featuring Dr. Vandana Shiva at UC Santa Cruz Finally, during the course of the January 2020 two-day event featuring Dr. Vandana Shiva at UC Santa Cruz, there was the nonstop attack on glyphosate (and by association Monsanto, and therefore […]
- Sponsoring Falsehood (2 of 3) February 3, 2020This is part 2 of a 1, 2, 3 part BLOG series on this January 2020 two-day event featuring Dr. Vandana Shiva at UC Santa Cruz Do public Universities have an obligation to present evidence-based information? Does freedom of speech extend to sponsoring speakers who spread misinformation and fear? These are important questions to ask in […]
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