article thumbnail

Industry Ag News 9/22

Agwired

Department of Agriculture, in a number of roles, including Branch Chief of APHIS Biotechnology Regulatory Services. The event highlights the harvest of its cash crop, peanuts, which has big potential across the globe by providing a sustainable and nutritious product and fighting malnutrition.

article thumbnail

The American Chestnut Tree is Coming Back. Who is It For?

Modern Farmer

For years, controversy has swirled around the ethics of using novel biotechnology for species conservation. White Appalachian communities came to rely on chestnuts as free feed for their hogs and other livestock, and as a cash crop. (Transgenic organisms contain DNA from other species.)