Welcome to Unearthed, an effort that will dig deep to try and figure out what’s true and what isn’t in the debate about our food supply.

OPINION | Technology is innovating genetically modified food — regulations have to keep up.

There's a lot of confusion about genetically modified foods and their safety.

You most likely ate a genetically modified food today and didn't know it. Once the stuff of science fiction, food genetically manipulated in the laboratory, has become more commonplace than people ...

Genetically engineered food: Allergic to regulations? GM food is heavily tested for allergens, but we'd all be better served by a more codified and transparent process.

That could leave many genetically modified crops unregulated — a worry for those who fear environmental and safety risks or who believe that government vetting is key for broad public acceptance.

A reader writes that the discussion over genetically modified foods makes no sense because "virtually every food we consume today has been genetically modified." The accuracy of this statement ...

What are GMOs? A genetically modified organism (GMO) is an organism whose genetic material has been altered. Modification may include the mutation, deletion or insertion of genes from another speci… ...