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Week of March 25th - March 31st

March 25/March 26/March 27/March 28/March 29/March 30/March 31




Posted on March 31, 2001

Canadian farmer, Percy Schmieser, vs Monsanto -- for the past year this Saskatchewan farmer has been in litigation with Monsanto. The company's genetically engineered canola plants were found growing on his field, apparently after pollen from modified plants had blown onto his property from nearby farms.

Canadian professor speaks out on Percy Schmeiser decision, Letter to the Editor, Cropchoice opinion (cropchoice.com), E. Ann Clark, March 30, 2001

Code of the Code: When you cross DNA nucleotides with the zeros and ones of digital bits, who owns what?, Scientific American, March 20, 2001

Agribusiness Urged to Prepare for Onslaught Of 'Non-Standard' Ecological Genomic Data, by Pat Phibbs, International Environmental Reporter, Volume 24:6, March 14, 2001

NCGA Requests $50 Million for Plant Biotechnology/Genomics Research at USAID, Press Release, PRNewsWire, March 29, 2001

Environmentalists, Lawmakers Clash in Oregon Over Pesticide Program Bill, Knight Ridder/Tribune, March 29, 2001

Options Available To Farmers On StarLink Corn Overhang, ispi News Service, ne.StatePaper.com

New Borer Resistant Corn Line, STATpub.com, Washington, March 29, 2001

Testing for GM food still a hit-and-miss affair, News Release, The Economist via NewsEdge Corporation, March 30, 2001




Posted on March 29, 2001

Research into the Potential Health Effects of Genetically Modified ( GM) Foods, Medical Research Council, March 22, 2001

The Risks on the Table, Scientific American, March 20, 2001

New GMO rules may curb Japan's appetite for US corn, Reuters, March 29, 2001

Pew Charitable Trusts Launch Effort to Build a New Platform For Discussion, News Release, PRNewswire, IFIC, March 27, 2001

Terminator Insects – The Killing of Females, The Institute of Science in Society (I-SIS), March 26, 2001

Free for all: should all research papers in the biosciences be placed in one, free-access, web library? Yes, say 12,000 scientists, News Release, New Scientist, March 27, 2001

CSIRO keeps Australian GM food trials in public sector, News Release, Asia Pulse via NewsEdge Corporation, soyatech.com, March 28, 2001

DNA Surprise: Monsanto discovers extra sequences in its Roundup Ready soybeans, The Scientist, 14[15]:20, Jul. 24, 2000

Draft Guidance for Industry: Voluntary Labeling Indicating Whether Foods Have or Have Not Been Developed Using Bioengineering, Federal Register Docket No. 00D-1598, Submitted by Brian Baker. Ph.D. on behalf of OMRI

Are Roundup Ready Soybeans Pushing Out Conventional Varieties?, CropChoice News, CropChoice.com, March 28, 2001




Posted on March 26, 2001

Poorly Served - The Consumer and Grower Voice in the Policy Process, Remarks By Dr. Charles Benbrook at the Conference on Partnerships for Sustaining California Agriculture: Profit, Environment and Community, U.C. Davis, March 27-28, 2001

The New Biology: A Union of Ecology and Molecular Biology, by Donald N. Duvick in Choices, Fourth Quarter, 1990

Plant Breeding in the 21st Century, by Donald N. Duvick in Choices, Fourth Quarter, 1992

Why Didn't You Warn Me About GMO's?, Tom Bechman, Indiana Prairie Farmer, DirectAg.com (a Farm Progress publication), March 23, 2001

IRRI Statement, News About Rice and People, March 23, 2001

Federal Court Terminates Pioneer's License To Produce Roundup Ready Soybeans And Roundup Ready Canola, Monsanto PR, PRNewswire -- via NewsEdge Corporation, St. Louis, March 21, 2001




Posted on March 25, 2001

Post to the Ag BioView list in response to Allan D. Shapiro's post "Herbicide Use", May 18, 2001

Farmers Joining State Efforts Against Bioengineered Crops, New York Times, March 25, 2001

Leaving AgBioTech InfoNet GMO Issues Facing Indiana Farmers in 2001, Corny News Network, Purdue University, March 2001

Leaving AgBioTech InfoNet SAP Report No. 2000-7, Sets of Scientific Issues Being Considered by the Environmental Protection Agency Regarding: Bt Plant-Pesticides Risk and Benefit Assessments , March 12, 2001

Shrinking International Markets for GM Crops?, AgBio View, March 22, 2001

Response to 'Genetially Engineered 'Golden Rice' Unlikely to Overcome Vitamin A Deficiency' by Ingo Potrykus, March 21, 2001

Biotech Firm Executive Says Genetically Engineered Corn Is Here to Stay, Knight-Ridder Tribune, March 19, 2001

Monsanto Pulls Plug on NatureMark Spuds, Ontario Farmer, March 6, 2001