Conservation Is For the Birds

by Jillian Perrine   “I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.” –D.H. Lawrence Though the birds do not feel sorry for themselves, I’ve seen enough birds hurting to pity them plenty. When I think about the…

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Informed Eating: Understanding GMOs

by Adam Canal Graduate Research Assistant, Agriculture Editor/Writer   GMOs. Transgenics. Pesticides.   Does the thought of those give you chills? The thought of where your food comes from, or how it’s grown, should not fill you with terror. To a segment of our population, the aforementioned are to be avoided at all cost. But…

Transgenics Made Simple

by Adam Canal Graduate Research Assistant, Agriculture Editor Step by Step of the Trangenics Process: The desired transgene is identified in another (or the same) species. There is extensive experimentation on the gene, so that scientists can learn as much as they can about the sequence and the protein it produces. The gene of interest…

About the Authors: Adam Canal

Adam Canal was born and raised in rural Western North Carolina. Canal received three Bachelor of Science degrees in Horticultural Science, Plant Biology, and Crop Biotechnology from North Carolina State University in 2016. He is currently working on his Master of Science degree in Plant Breeding and Genetics at North Carolina State University in the…