WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the biggest stumbling blocks to securing a massive free trade agreement between the United States and Europe is a sharp disagreement on genetically modified foods. Much of the ...

Federal agriculture regulators announced this week that they approved the testing process that could allow farmers in the U.S. to start planting a genetically modified strain of wheat from South ...

The United States government does not regulate genetically modified foods and it is time for that to change. There are definite risks associated with GM foods, yet the average American consumer is ...

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are living things that have had their genetic code artificially altered by scientists by inserting genetic code from another organism into their DNA. It’s still a ...

In this April 24, 2014, file photo, Katie Spring rolls up plastic that was used to cover certain plants during the winter in a field at the Good Heart Farmstead in Worcester, Vt. Spring and her ...

WASHINGTON -- Genetically modified foods have been around for years, but most Americans have no idea whether they are eating them. The Food and Drug Administration says they don't need to be labeled, ...

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The public debate over genetically modified (GM) food has devolved into a scrappy shouting match unrooted from the reality of the international food system. The combative dialogue confuses the public ...

As home gardeners in the U.S. page through seed catalogs and pick out their favorite heirlooms, there's a new seed that has never been available to them before: a tomato the color of a concord grape ...

Many people avoid “GMOs” at the grocery store, instead selecting foods labeled non-GMO or the organic versions of items from apples to oats, as they are worried about ingesting genetically modified ...