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EASTERN WASHINGTON — For a company that took 21 years to release its first product to consumers, Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc. is moving rapidly with expansion plans.

Words and their perceived meanings can spell boom or doom for marketers.

The majority of U.S. farmers and ranchers indicate biotechnology and GMO crops as an important solution in helping raise crops more efficiently, according to new survey results released today from the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance (USFRA) and National Corn Growers Association (NCGA). With technology shaping today's farms, GMOs (genetically modified organisms) are one tool in a farmer's toolbox to enhance production and grow and raise our food supply more sustainably.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved commercial planting of two types of potatoes that are genetically engineered to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine.

Randy Krotz, CEO of U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance, responds to an inflammatory marketing video from Clif Bar.

Two studies show conflicting data regarding chemical residue on organic produce. But it doesn't really matter either way.

Dow AgroSciences gains approval for Enlist Duo herbicide in nine additional states.

They don't want to admit it, but we know it's true. There are countless organizations that hate humanity enough to do everything in their power to put a stop to anything that might benefit it. Their focus is on the use of science to improve and protect our lives.

Recently, the Pew Research Center released the results of a survey on what scientists and the American public think about several issues. On some topics, these two groups largely agreed. But on many others, they didn't. Sometimes the gap was pretty wide.

Spies in the furrows. Rat smells a cig. Golden banana agoniste. Water salvation from a slingshot. Cattle rustlers and AK-47s. A pig's life. Turning milk into beer.

He recently issued a public apology for ripping up genetically modified crops, describing his long-held views about modern farming as "anti-science."