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April 27, 2000 / USDA - ARS News Service WASHINGTON -- A new bioengineered fungus could usher in truly biodegradable plastic milk jugs and soda bottles that don't hang around landfills for ages. This fungus could become a "workhorse" in converting grain and other renewable agricultural resources into environmentally friendly solvents and plastics.

The Wall Street Journal / 4/28/00 / By Scott Kilman Monsanto Co.'s genetically modified potato is falling victim to the consumer backlash over crop biotechnology.

PA (PA News) / Fri, Apr 28, 2000 / By John von Radowitz and Sam Greenhill, PA News A study aimed at predicting how many people are likely to die from human mad cow disease today left scientists no closer to knowing the answer.

April 27, 2000 / Reuters / Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO -- Japan's decision to formalize certain voluntary restrictions on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is, according to this story, not expected to have a major impact on U.S. grain exports.

April 27, 2000 / BY BILL HORD / WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER Kansas City, Mo. - For a quiet guy, economist Mark Drabenstott is starting to make a lot of noise. The former Indiana farm boy's analyses of the rural economy are rallying some policy watchers to new thoughtfulness about how to revive small towns. The same reports are provoking others to battle.

April 27, 2000 / Reuters / Timothy Heritage BRUSSELS -- The European Commission was cited as presenting a group of 11 scientists who will advise the EU executive on matters such as cloning and GM foods, and also openly discuss people's "fears, hopes and sometimes rejection" of new developments in bioscience.

NEWS RELEASE Minnesota House DFL Farm Caucus State Rep. Gary Kubly, Granite Falls (651) 296-4346 State Rep. Mary Ellen Otremba, Long Prairie (651) 296-3201 State Rep. Ted Winter, Fulda (651) 296-5505 For immediate release April 27, 2000

April 26/00 / from a press release SACRAMENTO -- Proposals to mandate labeling of products derived through biotechnology mistakenly raise questions about food safety and contribute to global trade tensions, according to the Grocery Manufacturers of America.