Publication archives

March 31, 2000 / from a press release

March 31, 2000 / The Vancouver Sun / Editorial

New York Times / April 2, 2000 / By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF TRYON, Neb. -- Walking across the prairie, stepping carefully around cow pies, Mike Abel confesses that he has told his son and daughter not to follow in his line of work. He sounds for a moment like a repentant bank robber. But Mr. Abel, 45, is in an even less promising field: He is a cattle rancher.

March 31, 2000 / The Nanaimo Daily News / Opinion Genuine environmentalists should have no time for the fools who raided a forests minstry nurseyin Central Saanich on the weekend destroying 2,000 seedlings.

The Guardian / Geoffrey Gibbs / Thursday March 30, 2000

BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 30, 2000 (ENS) - The European Parliament voted today to oppose an illegal patent for breeding human embryos. The parliament voted 285 to 133 to approve the resolution which also called for better control of the European Patent Office, the agency that granted the original patent.

March 31, 2000 / The Associated Press/Reuters / PHILIP BRASHER WASHINGTON -- Farmers are, according to these stories, turning away from genetically engineered crops, especially a biotech corn that's toxic to insects, amid consumer resistance that started overseas and is now being felt in the United States.

The Associated Press State & Local Wire / March 15, 2001, Thursday / By JOSH FUNK, Associated Press Writer NORFOLK, Neb. -- U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman reiterated the Bush Administration's commitment to expanded trade, but would not talk about specifics when discussing a new farm bill.