Stories I Found Of Interest (weekly)

• In search of the perfect GMO potato

  • Unlike transgenic varieties Monsanto commercialized in the 1990s using genes from synthetic bacteria to kill insect pests, Simplot's new "Innate" brand potatoes use only potato genes
  • Haven Baker, Simplot's Yale- and Harvard University-trained vice president of plant sciences, said his scientists journeyed inside the vegetable's genome to "silence" unwanted attributes, while making sure it remained 100 percent potato

• Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK): Natural Gas Will Be The Primary Fuel For The Next 100 Years | Market Daily News

  • natural gas will be the primary fuel for the next 100 years. Well-positioned gas companies will be golden for many years to come

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.