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
- Science-Based Medicine Exploring issues and controversies in the relationship between science and 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
- Truth or Scare Junk Science Mom
Blogs by Biofortified's authors
- GMO Pundit David Tribe’s extensive blog full of news and commentary about genetic engineering.
- James and the Giant Corn » biofortified Genetics: Studying the Source Code of Nature
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
- Agriculture Dictionary Clear, concise definitions for over 7,000 agriculture terms.
- Plant and Soil Sciences eLibrary This amazing resource includes lessons on plant breeding, soil maintenance, pesticides, genetic engineering, and much more from beginner level all the way to advanced.
- The Habitable Planet: A systems approach to environmental science “A multimedia course for high school teachers and adult learners interested in studying environmental science.” Includes much information relevant to agriculture.
Resources about biotechnology
- Biosafety Institute for Genetically Modified Agricultural Products BIGMAP provides “science-based analysis of the risks and benefits of genetically modified plant and animal products. It will provide guidance and education to help safeguard consumers and the environment.”
- Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods: Approaches to Assessing Unintended Health Effects This book by the National Academies Press is available online in full.
- UC Davis Seed Biotechnology Center The mission of the Seed Biotechnology Center is to mobilize the research, educational and outreach resources of UC Davis in partnership with the seed and biotechnology industries to facilitate discovery and commercialization of new seed technologies for a
Scientific journals
- Nature One of the two top Scientific Journals in the world.
- Nature Biotechnology
- Public Library of Science An Open-Access Scientific Journal
- Science One of the two top Scientific Journals in the world.
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.


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