Resources

Blogs about agriculture

  • Alex Tiller's Blog on Agriculture and Farming Alex Tiller is a member of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers and an agribusiness author/blogger who writes about a variety of agriculture related topics.

Blogs about biotechnology

  • GMO Ireland Shane Morris’s “blow by blow commentary on the GM food debate in Ireland. A commentary based on facts and not the spin of eirther the Pro-GMOers or Anti-GMOers.”
  • Letters Cathal Garvey of the Cancer Research Centre in Cork, Ireland writes about “Synthetic Biology, DIYbio, Creative Commons, Rapid Prototyping, and other Fun Stuff”.
  • The Scientist Gardener MAT kinase is an agricultural researcher in upstate New York. He studies unintended side-effects and safety of plant genetic engineering.

Blogs about ethics

  • Bioethics in Brief Clark Wolf writes this quarterly publication from the Iowa State Bioethics Department. Topics include biotechnology, stem cells, labeling, sustainability, and more.
  • Biotech Ethics Chris MacDonald discusses “ethical issues in the biotechnology industry. That includes all 3 main areas of that industry: health biotech, food biotech, and industrial biotech.”
  • The Food Ethics Blog Chris MacDonald discusses “ethical issues that arise in growing, shipping, processing, selling, regulating, and eating food.”

Blogs about food and nutrition

  • Food Politics Marion Nestle writes about nutrition, food safety, and more.
  • Nutritional Blogma Colby Vorland discusses new research and conventional nutrition dogma.

Blogs about genetics

  • The Barcode Blog Mark Stoeckle’s “mostly scientific blog about short DNA sequences for species identification and discovery.”

Blogs about medicine

Blogs about plant biology, plant biodiversity, plant breeding...

  • Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog Luigi Guarino and Jeremy Cherfas “collect in one place anything we find on the internet that relates somehow to the notion of agricultural biodiversity”.
  • Killer Plants “Devoted to the mystery and excitement of botanical connections that make our lives, our civilizations possible.”
  • Maize Research An information hub for all things maize. Our goal is to facilitate communication about maize research between researchers of different fields and with non-scientists. We also hope to encourage an appreciation for the wonder crop of the Americas – corn.
  • The Fruit Blog The Evil Fruit Lord’s “discussion of fruit and fruit breeding.”

Blogs about science in general

Blogs by Biofortified's authors

Blogs by biotechnology companies and biotech friendly organizations

  • AgBiotech@Bio The Council for Biotechnology Information’s 2009 BIO conference news ‘blog’
  • Beyond the Rows “A Monsanto Company blog focused on one of the world’s most important industries, agriculture. Monsanto employees write about Monsanto’s business, the agriculture industry, and the farmer.”
  • Malaysia4Biotech The Malaysian Biotechnology Information Centre (MABIC) strives “to provide a platform where important issues in biotechnology can be explored and discussed.”

Organizations that are generally in favor of biotechnology

  • Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture PIPRA supports agricultural innovation for both humanitarian and small-scale commercial purposes by bringing together intellectual property from a number of sources and making this technology available to innovators around the world.
  • Sense About Science An independent charitable trust promoting good science and evidence in public debates.

Organizations that generally advocate against biotechnology

  • The Nature Institute Advocate a holistic approach to science and favors the precautionary principle when it comes to biotechnology.

Resources about agriculture

Resources about biotechnology

Scientific journals

Editor’s Notes: Inclusion of blogs and websites on this list does not indicate endorsement by Biofortified.org or any of its authors. Only blogs and websites that demonstrate a fact-based approach to blogging (i.e. avoiding the use of sources that aren’t peer-reviewed, etc) will be included in this list. If you wish to suggest a blog or website, please visit our Forum.