In this video Paul Andersen describes the pros and cons of industrial agriculture including: monocropping, irrigation, and the use of pesticides, fertilizers, and GMOs.

SciShow News starts the new year off with unusual animal news, including a crisis for the iconic monarch butterfly, and new research into what makes bowhead whales the longest-living mammals on Earth.

In this video Paul Andersen describes the pros and cons of industrial agriculture including: monocropping, irrigation, and the use of pesticides, fertilizers, and GMOs.

Some scientists are using the CRISPR gene editing technology to make vegetables, healthier, tastier, and more resilient. Learn why one scientist prefers using CRISPR to traditional plant breeding methods.<br/>
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Having talked a lot about diseases caused by pathogens, and the breakthroughs with antibiotics and vaccines to address them, it's time to check out some other maladies that are more directly related to human physiology. Let's start with...

An extended interview with Joan Dye Gussow, one of the true pioneers and visionaries in the food movement. Previously unpublished, Gussow talks about the early beginnings of industrial agriculture and to today's danger from GMO foods.

This episode serves as a quick snapshot of the concept of Food Security. Lack of food security or food insecurity has a cascading impact on health also huge economic costs associated with it. The panel discussed some of the challenges...

This nugget introduces you to the science of biotechnology. It briefly discusses the principles, techniques and applications of biotechnology.

It's a blow for the biotech industry, a victory for environmental campaigners. Europe's top court has ruled that crops obtained through a plant breeding technique called 'mutagenesis' - or gene editing - must come under laws...

Sylvain Charlebois, Dalhousie University, on a study that found most Canadians want GMO products to have labels.

CLEAN : New generation of GMOs could help solve global hunger (FAO)