Monsanto Guarantees Roundup Ready System Will Improve Soybean Profits, AgWeb.com - From Pro Farmer, July 31, 2000

The "Political Economy" of Agricultural Biotechnology for the Developing World, by Klaus M. Leisinger, Novartis Research Foundation, Distributed August 3, 2000 by AgBioView list.

Bacillus identity crisis, Nature Biotechnology, August, 2000

How can the developing world protect itself from biotech patent-holders?, letter to Nature from John Barton and Joseph Strauss, August, 2000

Consolidating Control: Plant Variety Rights, Genes and Seeds, by Richard Hindmarsh, Journal of Australian Political Economy, No. 44., Summer 2000

Genetically Modified Plants and the 35S Promoter: Assessing the Risks and Enhancing the Debate, Microb. Ecol. Health Dis.

Minnesota H.F No. 3973, A bill for an act relating to commerce; prohibiting the sale of genetically engineered food unless labeled; providing penalties and remedies; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F

Minnesota H.F No. 3820, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; establishing liability for the spread of certain genetically modified organisms; specifying damages; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 18F.02, subdivision 5, and by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18F

Vermont Senate Bill No. 295, Labeling of Genetically-Engineered Agricultural Inputs

Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact, APHIS, Permit Number 91-079-01: tomato; antifreeze gene; staphylococcal Protein A -- the documentation of USDA field trial approval for a tomato engineered with a synthetic version of a winter flounder "anti-freeze" gene.

Under Milkweed, Monarchs May Sway Fate of High-Tech Crops, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 7, 2000

Mandatory GM labeling approved in Australia, Feedstuffs, August 7, 2000