Did You Ever Wonder Where Your Milk Came From?
Terry D. Etherton Did you ever wonder where your milk comes from? And, no, I am not referring to cows. My question pertains to the geographic regions of the United States that contribute most to milk...
View ArticleFood Safety – Then and Now
Terry D. Etherton Disease outbreaks that originate from consumption of food attract great media attention, and create concerns for many in society…for good reason. The recent outbreak of Escherichia...
View ArticleIn the Pursuit of Communicating Science
Terry D. Etherton I have spent about 30 years traveling down the “road” of trying to communicate science to the public. It has been an interesting journey. I launched my blog, Terry Etherton...
View ArticleGod and Science
Terry D. Etherton Ag Progress Days (APD) was held a few weeks ago at Penn State. Ag Progress Days is a 3-day event that is hosted by the College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State University....
View ArticleBiotech Firms Warn EU over Pace of GM Crop Approvals
By Charlie Dunmore BRUSSELS | Tue Oct 11, 2011 (Reuters) – Europe’s biotechnology industry has warned the European Commission that agricultural imports vital to EU food security are increasingly being...
View ArticleThe Need for Food Biotechnology
Terry D. Etherton The public discussion about the need for adequate food is a luxury that well-fed people in developed countries can afford. But in developing countries where the population is growing...
View ArticleHere a Sustainable Farm, There a Sustainable Farm – What’s Going On?
Terry D. Etherton This article was first published on the IFIC Food Insight Blog on November 4, 2011. Sustainable is a popular word these days in conversations about the practices used to produce our...
View ArticleBASF Farm Perspectives Study Shows Strong Agreement between Farmers and...
LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY, November 8, 2011 – Consumers’ interest in agriculture and personal respect for farmers is high, even in countries where less than two percent of the population works in...
View ArticleStudent Blogs – AN SC 110S: Animal Biotechnology and Society (First-Year...
Terry D. Etherton One objective of my blog is to provide a public forum for presenting science-based facts about numerous issues that relate broadly to the use of biotechnologies and technologies for...
View ArticleBack to Blogging about Science and the Food System
Readers of my blog (Terry Etherton Blog on Biotechnology) are aware that my last blog was posted in December 2011. I had blogged since 2006 and got to the “spot” where I felt the need to take a break....
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