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Mapped: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets

DeSmogBlog

We remain committed to delivering innovative solutions that address pressing agriculture challenges for farmers, growers and society.”. In its list of 2030 commitments to support the European Green Deal, CropLife said that it will “invest 10 billion euros into innovation in precision and digital technologies by 2030.”

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Should we genetically edit the food we eat? Two experts offer their thoughts

Business Green

This is turn can invoke the idea that scientific progress interferes with nature, producing results which are unpredictable and ethically wrong. Yes, these companies do invest huge amounts of capital and time developing innovations such as gene-edited crops. In 2015, for example, these ' Frankenfood headlines' dominated.