Save the Seeds, The Washington Post, January 3, 2003

Puzzling Industry Response to Prodigene Fiasco, Nature Biotechnology, January 2003 Vol. 21 No.1 pp3-4

Modified-Crop Makers Faulted On Safety Data Sent to FDA, Wall Street Journal, January 7, 2003

UK Supermarkets maintain strict GM-free policy for 2003, Press release gmfoodnews.com, January 6, 2003

Planting Hope, Forbes Magazine, January 3, 2003

Argentina Trip Report, prepared by Charles Benbrook and Heike Baumüller, from a workshop held December 5, 2002 in Buenos Aires, Argentina entitled "Transgenics in Argentine Agriculture: Toward Defining a National Policy" sponsored by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), through its "Trade Knowledge Network" program, and by the Institute for Interamerican Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA).

German Marshall Fund meeting on GM Crops, Brussels, January 10-12, 2003
The focus of the meeting is on how the transatlantic dynamics regarding agricultural biotechnology are affecting developing countries in Africa as they confront issues associated with the importing and growing of GM crops and products.

• Statement by Dr. Michael Hansen, representative of Consumers International
• "Government lack of safety standards for GM crops revealed", Consumers International Press Release

India rejects GM food from USA, The AgBioIndia Bulletin, January 9, 2003

Monsanto seeks approval for genetically modified wheat, Calgary Herald January 8, 2003

Are Seedbanks and Landraces Obsolete? -- The Apel Debate
A debate on the value of seedbanks and germplasm was started on December 28, 2002 by a post to Ag BioView by Andrew Apel. The exchange compares the productivity of Iowa corn farmers versus farmers in Oaxaca, Mexico and leads to a statement by Apel that genebanks and landraces are "...worthless...". A sample of the back and forth follows.

• Compare Iowa to Oaxaca - Andrew Apel , AgBioView, December 28, 2002

• Response from Julio Bernal, Assistant Professor of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

• Response to Dr. Bernal from Andrew Apel, January 6, 2003

• Will Seedbanks be 'Obsolete and Worthless' in Future?, Post from Dave Wood on AgBioView, January 8, 2003

• Museum of Maize NEEDED!, Alex Avery on AgBioView, January 8, 2002

• Save the Seeds, Washington Post, January 3, 2003