MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, May 7 -- The Agricultural and Applied Economics Association issued the following news release: * * * AAEA President and members release new research in JAAEA * * * The European Union, which had in 2018 ruled that CRISPR techniques be governed by the same regulations as GM, has recently (2023) proposed relaxing restrictions for CRISPR use in food products. In the new article "Investigating Consumer Stated Preferences for Gene-edited Orange Juice - The Influence of Behav  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 7 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The continuing escalation of book bans largely driven by Christian nationalists is cause for alarm, says the Freedom From Religion Foundation. PEN America recently released a report recording more school book bans during the first six months of the 2023-24 school year than in all of 2022-23. It reports 4,349 such instances occurring last fall in 23 states and 52 public school districts."This es  more