Genetic engineering

Because most of society is between two and six generations removed from farming, to many people that subject is largely terra incognita, literally and figuratively.

Fourteen years ago last month, I was privileged to join a small group of scholars and clergy convened from around the world by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences for a “study week,” the subject of which was “Transgenic Plants for Food Securit

Anyone active on social media is aware that there is a great deal of passionate but ill-founded opposition to vaccination, including the new COVID-19 vaccines. How could that be?

While he was the Prince of Wales, King Charles repeatedly demonstrated a pitfall of the sort of inbreeding that has plagued the royal families of Europe for centuries: feeblemindedness.

Molecular genetic engineering has spawned a strange new allergy. No, not the kind of allergy that causes hives or wheezing; rather, an aversion to mentioning the role of genetic engineering in agriculture.

The first Earth Day celebration, a nationwide environmental teach-in held in 1970, was the brainchild of Democratic Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, who was interested in environmental issues.

Agronomist and plant breeder extraordinaire Norman Borlaug, often described as “The Father of the Green Revolution,” was an inspiration to many of us involved in ince

As I discussed in Part 1, many Americans have begun to seek “authenticity” in many aspects of their lives.  There’s nothing wrong with that unless in the process they are misled by special interests’ false claims that cause them to be endange

Recent months have been hellish for many American farmers and consumers who buy the food they produce.

The “Social Justice Warrior Handbook,” which satirizes people who promote liberal, multicultural, anti-capitalist, anti-globalization, and politically c