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April 22, 2000 / Knight-Ridder Tribune / Sonya Colberg, Tulsa World, Okla. More Americans are, according to this story, cheerfully shelling out an average 20 percent premium for foods grown organically, and some consumers are even choosing to pay as much as 110 percent more for organically grown produce. What are they getting for their money?

South China Morning Post / Monday, April 17, 2000 / CHEUNG CHI-FAI More than 6,000 people have signed a Greenpeace petition urging the Government to introduce a labelling system on genetically modified food. The green group said yesterday it hoped to collect at least 40,000 signatures before early May when a government forum on labelling is to be held.

The Washington Post | By Bruce D. Brown | April 23, 2000

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Marc Cooper, LA Weekly WASHINGTON -- "Brothers and sisters! We've already won the Battle of Washington," said Lori Wallach, head of Ralph Nader's Global Trade Watch, to a teach-in of 1,500 people last Friday night -- two days before the street skirmishes began. "Now, all that is left is the mopping-up operation."

Norman Solomon, AlterNet During the recent protests in Washington against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, the leading cable news network became fascinated with "independent media." Journalism free of huge economic interests -- what a concept!

L.A. Kauffman, AlterNet The best story I heard about the World Bank/International Monetary Fund actions in Washington, D.C. came from a North Carolina Earth First!er, concerning the Battle of the Peeps. It was the second day of protests, and a row of menacing cops in riot gear faced a ragtag group of demonstrators, in one of many tense standoffs throughout the city.