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  1. Open Data Challenge, Datapalooza and Codethon - #usaid is crowdsourcing its quest for food security zite.to/JDcoRI
  2. Studies show #GMO foods safe - Frankenstein food myth kept alive as a propaganda to sell non-GM food at high price bit.ly/KI8KiP
  3. UK Nobelist - Embrace #GMOs and do not listen to European prophets of doom, whose opposition is purely political - bit.ly/LAQ1Kl
  4. Battle brewing over labeling of #GMO food in USA - NYTimes nyti.ms/LAH0Rj
  5. Genetically Modified Goats Take on Child Killers bit.ly/KHxbx0 #gmo
  6. Consumers more likely to choose #GMO if benefits are clear; cheaper and with less pesticide residues (pdf)- bit.ly/LAaY8c
  7. Two experts to weigh in on how to feed the world's growing population - zite.to/KPxnzG
  8. Why Take The Flour Back are wrong and I’m leaving the Green Party zite.to/LJ392O Wow!
  9. Dollars and Scents: The Chemistry of a Delicious Tomato zite.to/LtCikY - how clever genetics is helping build a better tomato
  10. UK bioscience in £250m cash boost; Science minister reminds why #gmo research and risk taking critical to progress bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
  11. Tomato tastes like cardboard? Scientists zoom in on flavor molecules, design a #gmo & pick a similar heirloom! wired.com/wiredscience/2…
  12. Differentially Expressed Genes of #gmo plants analyzed by DNA Microarray dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…
  13. Basis for evolution is genetic modification by nature; #GMO concerns b'cos of poor understanding of the finer details bit.ly/KDmFqp
  14. Maize production blossoms in South Africa, exported 2.5 MT of it last year. Wonder why? + Africa feeding China! bit.ly/KHPfZQ #GMO
  15. London 2012: David Cameron to hold hunger summit during Olympic Games gu.com/p/37z4x/tw
  16. Eventually #gmo crops will blow into Europe. We need to accept and prepare for this, not fear it - Guardian story zite.to/KblnFV
  17. Feeding the Planet Without Destroying It ti.me/K6OxGg via @TIME
  18. Indian farmer can turn on irrigation with a phone, saving miles of walking! I need this for my yard news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programme…