Blogging « Biofortified

Field season

by Frank N. Foode on 20 July 2010

Field season is upon us, and the tassels are hot and heavy. Don’t worry, readers of Biofortified, there will be more posts to come, once Karl and Anastasia come back from pollinating the next generation. I’ve already been pollinated so I get to relax.

In the meantime, check out the great post Breeding, Biotech and Bulls from our newest contributor, Matt.

We won!

by Anastasia B on 10 November 2009

Thanks to everyone who voted for Biofortified in the Ashoka Changemakers GMO Risk or Rescue contest. I’m delighted that so many people took the time to register and vote for science communication! Karl and I are really looking forward to our interview with Michael Pollan! Start thinking about questions you’d like us to ask

Please vote for Biofortified!

by Anastasia B on 21 October 2009

Genetic Maize is just one blog about genetic engineering that contributes to the group blog Biofortified. Scientist bloggers at Biofortified have all made a commitment to communicate with the public about GMOs.

Biofortified is in the running to win the Ashoka Changemakers contest, GMO Risk or Rescue. But we need your help! The grand prize is a $1500 grant and a conversation with Michael Pollan – both of which will help us to contribute

Changemakers contest deadline extended

by Karl Haro von Mogel on 10 September 2009

It seems that now there is a lot more time for people to register and vote in the Changemakers “GMO Risk or Rescue” contest, or enter for that matter. Today the deadline for entering the contest has been extended by 40 days to October 21st, and voting will continue until the 28th of October. It seems that I might get some more competition entering the contest, but also more opportunity to convince people to

Biofortified on Changemakers

by Karl Haro von Mogel on 9 September 2009

This afternoon, I polished off my entry into the Ashoka Changemakers GMO “Risk or Rescue” contest, with minutes to go before the deadline. I was going to submit my entry last night, but what I had written on the site’s system disappeared when I tried to publish it. So I had to start all over, this time writing it out in Word first. It would have been nice to know the character limit of the ‘describe your idea’ section beforehand, which led to the catastrophic disappearance.

Anyhow, please consider registering at the changemakers site and voting for my entry. The number of votes to beat is 33 votes, I know way more people read this site than that! As opposed to the hiccups that the publishing process experiences on changemakers, registration takes less than a minute and is pain-free. So get to it!

My entry is below the fold.