Initiatives to expand regulation of the food industries with the overall goal of increasing competition and commodity prices farmers receive often have the unintended consequence of raising consumer prices and lowering farmers’ prices while reducing the quality and variety of food products available to consumers.

Are consumers entitled to full disclosure about what is in their food? The authors contend that mandatory GM labeling laws actually harm consumers by pushing GM foods off the market.

A new book explains why mandatory labels for genetically modified crops actually harm consumers by pushing genetically modified foods off the market.

When champions of genetically modified crops come face to face with the organic lobby, any common goals often get drowned out.

Let’s play "Jeopardy." Round One: Science Literacy. Category: Evolution. For $500: Which is the largest demographic group to reject Darwin’s theory of evolution?”

According to Chris Mooney’s best selling new book, The Republican Brain, a follow up to his 2007 polemic The Republican War on Science, the answer is easy:...

This month, the Supreme Court will rule on its first-ever case involving genetically modified crops, which could effect the future treatment of such crops by the U.S. government.

Fear of science and mistrust of government oversight have united conservatives and liberals against U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of genetically modified salmon.

Cultural politics and trade disputes--rather than science--inhibit the further development of genetically modified products.