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March 21, 2000 / E-Markets

March 21, 2000 / from a press release Wayzata, Minnesota -- Members of the Upper Midwest Resistance Against Genetic Engineering (GrainRAGE) shut down the international headquarters of Cargill today. Before employees arrived this morning, GrainRAGE members in white biohazard suits and respirators blocked the road into the Cargill compound with cars and their bodies.

March 21, 2000 / Marshfield News-Herald / Reference No.: 3032 Will cranberries get caught up in the genetic engineering battleground? That's one of questions that Brent McCown, a professor of horticulture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, explored when, according to this story, he spoke to members of the Noon Rotary Club Monday at the Marshfield Innkeeper.

By Jeff Zent / The Forum / 03/22/2000 WASHINGTON - "Freedom to Farm" took a severe beating Tuesday from about 2,500 farmers packed into a large, rain-soaked tent near the U.S. Capitol for the Rally for Rural America. "Save family farms," the crowd chanted as rain pounded the tent and seeped under its canvas walls. But the rain never dampened their spirit.

STUDIES MUST SHOW ALTERED FOODS SAFE, CONSUMERS TOLD March 21, 2000 / The Edmonton Journal / Chris Purdy, Journal Staff Writer

By Jeff Zent / The Forum / 03/21/2000 WASHINGTON - The sound of clapping hands grew louder when Charles Linderman approached the podium Monday to address an estimated 3,000 farmers and ranchers gathered on a lawn near the Capitol. Other guest speakers, including Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman, were a lot more well known.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Al Gore relegated two priorities to the wings Wednesday -- the administration's longstanding trade agenda with China and fund-raising reforms newly trumpeted in his presidential race -- as he papered over Democratic differences on trade and pledged his gratitude to $10,000 campaign donors.

The Sustainable Woods Cooperative will shortly be granted FSC Chain of Custody Certification (through Smartwood) for lumber coming from members' forests. This certification will allow the co-op to use the FSC and Smartwood logos and to market their wood products as "certified sustainable wood".