Enhancing the Environment - In addition to providing farmers with the ability to improve their on-farm efficiency and profitability, agricultural biotechnology's greatest benefit has been to our environment ... [Read More]
Biotechnology: A Cleaner Alternative - Organic farmers, as well as conventional farmers, have been treating plants with the natural microorganism Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt, since the 1930s... [Read More]
Improving Water Quality - Biotech crops also provide the ability to reduce tillage on our land and preserve precious topsoil. The direct benefit of this technology is that farmers have reduced soil erosion by more than 1 billion tons every year... [Read More]
Encourages Water Conservation and Air Quality - As biotech crops reduce the number of times farmers till their land, they also reduce the amount of air-borne dust particles created on farms... [Read More]
Land Conservation - Protecting the Wilderness and Defending Undeveloped Land - By 2050, the world's population is expected to exceed 9 billion people... [Read More]
Being Good Neighbors - Every day, farmers work as stewards of the land and their environment... [Read More]
Biofuels - Learn how biotechnology can advance production of biofuels for a more sustainable environment. Coming soon...
