Publication archives

Associated Press | December 27, 1999 | BLAKE NICHOLSON BISMARCK, N.D. - Charles Ottem would, according to this story, love to see the barley in his fields be immune to disease, but brewing companies worry that beer drinkers might be turned off if genetic engineering made that possible.

Kyodo World Service | December 30, 1999 | By: Rieko Saito TOKYO - Many people in the Waseda district of Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward are joining a campaign called the "My Tofu" project, organized by shopkeepers promising to provide fresh bean curd every week made exclusively from organically grown soybeans.

Agence France Presse | December 21, 1999

Reuters | December 27, 1999

Los Angeles Times | December 31, 1999 | By PAUL JACOBS, Times Staff Writer Worldwide protests against genetically engineered crops are on the rise. America's trading partners are calling for labeling of foods that contain ingredients from genetically modified plants. Federal regulators are reexamining the rules for assuring the safety of biotech foods.

Reuters | December 21, 1999 TOKYO - Nisshin Flour Milling Co Ltd, Japan's largest flour miller, said yesterday it will stop using ingredients produced from genetically modified (GM) corn and soybeans in its flour products for home use by the end of next February.

The British Times | December 28, 1999 Craig Sams, (President), Whole Earth Ltd,, writes that Professor Beringer (report, December 23) says that opponents of GM food are consigning billions to hunger and starvation and calls for more government funding for GM crop research. The main cause of starvation in the world is poverty.

Kyodo World Service | December 31, 1999 | By Jackie Woods SYDNEY - Disease-resistant wheat, seedless oranges, vitamin-boosted rice and potatoes that do not go brown are just some of a raft of gene-altered crops currently being field-tested by scientists hoping to boost the yield and quality of Australia's agricultural produce.