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The People's Caravan 2000 - Land and Food Without Poisons! PRESS RELEASE 25 OCTOBER, 2000 Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP), a coalition of over 150 groups in 18 countries, is alarmed by the merger of Novartis and AstraZeneca creating the world's largest agrochemical corporation, Syngenta.

ADM, USDA & U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: NEW EVIDENCE BEING SUBMITTED TO JUDGE CHARGING OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND COVERUP

By Marc Kaufman, Washington Post Staff Writer / Friday, October 27, 2000 The Food and Drug Administration announced plans yesterday to ban the use of two antibiotics used by poultry farmers to keep chickens and turkeys healthy, saying the practice increases the danger that humans will become infected with germs that resist treatment.

African Church Information Service (Nairobi) / October 23, 2000 / Eric Ombok, Nairobi Gichinga Ndirangu of Action AID Kenya AAK says that 97 percent of the patents granted in Kenya by the Kenya Industrial Property Office KIPO are held by the Developed World.

StarLink tags appear to indicate it's suitable for human food products. By WILLIAM RYBERG, Register Business Writer 10/25/2000 Copyright, 2000, Des Moines Register and Tribune Company

NEW YORK TIMES / October 25, 2000 / By STEPHANIE STROM TOKYO, Wednesday, Oct. 25 -- The Consumers Union of Japan said today that it has found traces of a controversial genetically modified corn from the United States in snack foods and animal feed sold here.

The People's Caravan 2000 - Land and Food Without Poisons! PRESS RELEASE 25 OCTOBER, 2000 Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP), a coalition of over 150 groups in 18 countries, is alarmed by the merger of Novartis and AstraZeneca creating the world's largest agrochemical corporation, Syngenta.

Omaha World-Herald / AP / October 20, 2000 Only about one of eight Iowa farmers thinks the overall farm economy will improve in the next five years - the lowest rate of optimism in 18 years, according to Iowa State University Extension.