Credible sources for evidence-based information

• Academics Review - Testing popular claims against peer reviewed science
• Applied Mythology What if much that you think you know about agriculture, farming and food isn’t actually true? What if there are “myths” that have been intentionally and mostly unintentionally spread about these issues? What if the truth about these issues matters for the future of humanity? That is what this blog is about.
• Biofortified – stronger plants, stronger science, stronger communication Providing factual information and fostering discussion about agriculture, especially plant genetics and genetic engineering.
• Crop Genetics Innovation and Scientific Literacy - carries out exploratory research to accelerate gene discovery in the world’s most important staple food crops, establishes partnerships in the interest of improving food security in the developing world, and enables scientists to better communicate their research results to the public.
• Genetic Maize (blog by Anastasia Bodnar) - dispels myths about GMOs and other science topics
• GMO Crops (mis)information Site - Providing centralized information resources on GMO crops
• GMO Pundit a.k.a. David Tribe Helping readers navigate the confusing myths of modern biology
• Science 2.0 – This site includes everything ‘science’ – not to mention great pieces by Hank Campbell (co-author of Science Left Behind)
• Science-Based Medicine Exploring issues and controversies in the relationship between science and medicine
• Sense about Science – equipping people to make sense of science and scientific evidence.  Check out the Plant Science Expert Panel, ask your questions!
• Tomorrow’s Table – Dr. Pam Ronald’s blog on genetics, food and farming Pamela Ronald is Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of California, Davis, where she studies the role that genes play in a plant’s response to its environment. Her laboratory has genetically engineered rice for resistance to diseases and flooding, both of which are serious problems of rice crops in Asia and Africa. Ronald is co-author with her husband, an organic farmer.
• University of California Biotech - UCBiotech

Do you get confused about the different organizations that are out there and how to determine which are reliable and evidence-based and which aren’t? You are not alone.  Here is a “Guide to Quackery“; it includes questions to ask and observations to make that will help you to muddle through some of the (mis)information.

Here are a few amazing sources, ’tipping points’ (as I see it) in the whole GMO debate:

• Sleuth for Health: Getting to the truth about GMOs – - – check out Julee’s new series on the benevolent side of GMOs
• Mark Lynas: former Greenpeace anti-GM activist, speaker and author (The God Species: How the Planet Can Survive the Age of Humans 2011; High Tide: News from a warming world (2004); Six Degrees: Our future on a hotter planet (2007)) 
• Random Rationality: writer, entrepreneur, photographer, explorer, and idiot (his words, not mine), Fourat (once avid anti-GMO-er) talks GMOs in a series he writes
• One Hundred Meals: Malloy (culinary expert, foodie) and Kessler (food and farm fan) approach farming, food and production in a well-balanced way – - -
• And check out Arctic Apples Okanagan Specialty Fruits (OSF)- a Canadian company that has developed a non-browning apple! Also, watch OSF President Neal Carter’s TEDTalk on the benefit of ag biotech!

Studies that attest to the safety of GE crops and GM foods:

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Statement by the AAAS Board of Directors on Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods (2012)
• American Medical Association (AMA) Report on Labeling of Bioengineered Foods(2012)
• European Commission report: A decade of EU-funded GMO research (2001-2010)(2010)
• European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) report. Safety and nutritional assessment of GM plants and derived food and feed: The role of animal feeding trials (2008)
• Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Expert Report: Biotechnology and Foods (2000)
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)/United Nations (UN) Report: The State of Food and Agriculture 2003-2004: Agricultural Biotechnology Meeting the Needs of the Poor? (2004)
• National Research Council/U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report on the Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods: Approaches to Assessing Unintended Health Effects (2004)
• National Research Council/U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report on the Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States(2010)
• Society of Toxicology (SOT) Position Paper: The Safety of Genetically Modified Foods Produced through Biotechnology (2002)
• World Health Organization (WHO). Modern food biotechnology, human health and development: an evidence-based study (2005)