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GMO INFORMATION WEB-SITES:
and information on organic food benefits.
motherearthnews.com
June/July 2004 issue - nutrient decline of foods.
thecampaign.org
The campaign to label genetically engineered foods.
NEW PATENT LAWS DECLARE WAR AGAINST FARMERS:
iraqcoalition.org
Iraq's new patent (and plant variety) law put into place by the interim coalitian government (by the USA).
upov.org
International Union for the Protection of new Plant Varieties.
grain.org
(GRAIN) Genetic Resources Action International. An international, non-profit organization which promotes the sustainable management and use of agricultural biodiversity based on people's control over genetic resources and local knowledge.
grain.org
"Confronting Contamination: 5 reasons to reject coexistance," Seedling, April 2004, p 1.
grain.org
Caving in to UPOV
grain.org
intellectual property rights on biodiversity in developing countries.
grain.org
bilateral agreements on property rights.
bilaterals.org
ustr.gov: United States Trade Representative.
dai.com: Development Alternatives Inc.
sagric.com.au Sagric International
export.gov
focusweb.org Focus on the Global South
isn.ethz.ch
Iraqi farmers forced to sow modified grain. International Relations and Security Network (ISN), Center for Security Studies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), February 8, 2005.
etcgroup.org
Dedicated to the advancememt of cultural and ecological diversity and human rights.
TERMINATOR TECHNOLOGY - Suicide Seeds - Genetic Use Restriction
Technology (GURT) [This is what the UN calls it.]:
SBSTTA
SBSTTA - the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice - advises the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.
percyschmeiser.com
Percy Schmeiser; the first farmer Mansanto held liable for the wind polination of his crop being "tainted" by genes from Mansanto's GMO crop. This web-site is about that astonishing lawsuit.
projectcensored.org
Project Censored, Sociology Department, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California. They published a book with their choices for the top 25 most underreported or censored stories of 2003 and 2004.
gmofree-europe.org
gmofree-europe.org
List of local European GM free zones.
foeeurope.org
News source about above list.
ramshorn.ca
See November 2004 issue for article about local European GM free zones.
gmwatch.org
GM crops in 2004.
http://pewagbiotech.org
GM crop acrages worldwide.
Union of Concerned Scientists
Union of Concerned Scientists report: A Growing Concern. US food supply could become contaminated by GMO grown industrial chemicals and pharmaceuticals cross contamination (wind polination) of food crops with industrial and pharmaceutical company crops producing these substances.
"The Future of Food"
"The Future of Food" is a film containing a good overview of the questions about GMO's, available from this website. (VHS and DVD)
Farmer's Legal Action Group - links
Lots of interesting Agricultural links!
EnvironmentalCommons.org
to track state preemptive seed laws.
UK Independent News
Biotech companies halt GM crop plans in Europe and India.
non-gmosource.com
Monthly newsletter of information and resources about the GMO challenge.
ruralvermont.org
Defending the family farm and rural life, dedicated to bringing economic justice, sustainability and prosperity to farms and rural communities.
islandpress.org
Foods, genes, and cultural Diversity - "Why Some Like it Hot."
seedsavers.org
Open polinated, non-GMO crop seed including some organic seed. Nearly a thousand growers, a catalog like a small phone book (well, medium sized, really.)
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Genetic
Erosion
Recovery
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