Publication archives

Victoria Times Colonist | October 5, 1999 | Editorial David White, a Victoria high school teacher, Sierra Club director and chairman of the Green Party of British Columbia writes in this op-ed that the Canadian government's move toward voluntary compliance for labelling genetically altered food is nothing if not cynical.

The Kitchener-Waterloo Record | October 5, 1999 Griffith Morgan, a retired psychology professor, writes that much of biotechnology and genetic manipulation of plants and foodstuff is not good science.

National Post | October 6, 1999 | Editorial

Western Producer | October 7, 1999 | Barry Wilson, Ottawa bureau As the first of the supermarket protests against genetically modified foods hit the Toronto area Sept. 27, a senior member of the Senate agriculture committee mused about using the committee this winter as a forum for a debate on GM products.

Western Producer | October 7, 1999 | Ottawa bureau

Purdue Pest and Crop Newsletter | No. 25 | September 24, 1999 | Dirk E. Maier, Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Japan Economic Newswire | September 27, 1999 Thailand will establish agricultural zones declared free of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in a bid to promote exports, a senior government official said Monday.

USDA Press Release | October 5, 1999 WASHINGTON - The Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, and National Science Foundation have jointly awarded $12.3 million in two grants to map and sequence the genome of the rice plant, Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman announced today.