PUBLICATIONS
BioDemocracy News is an electronic
publication by the Organic Consumers
Association. Order it through
www.purefood.org.
Biodiversidad: Cultivos y Culturas. A
regional information and discussion forum
on agricultural biodiversity for Latin
America, published in Spanish by REDES/FoE
Uruguay and GRAIN. Subscriptions available
from biodiv@redes.org.uy (free for Latin
American NGOs, US$20 for others in Latin
America, and $US25 for the rest of the
world).
Biotechnology and the Future of World
Agriculture. Henk Hobbelink, Zed
Publications, London, 1991. Order from
www.zedbooks.demon.co.uk. Spanish version
available from REDES/FoE Uruguay
(biodiv@redes.org.uy).
Corporate Genomics: Leading Corporate
Engines of Genetic Engineering. A series of
detailed exposés of GM companies including
Aventis, DuPont, Monsanto, Novartis and
Pioneer. Order from A SEED Europe,
biotech@aseed.antenna.nl.
Genetic Engineering: Dream or Nightmare.
Mae-Wan Ho, Third World Network, Penang,
Malaysia, 1998. A respected British
geneticist's in-depth but accessible review
of biotech's purported role in feeding the
hungry. Examines the social and political
implications as well as corporate
motives.
Genetic Engineering, Food, and our
Environment. Luke Anderson, Chelsea Green
Publishing Company, White River Junction,
Vermont, 2000. A conscise primer on
transgenic crops that is clear,
easy-to-understand and tells you what you
need to know.
GeneWatch is the publication of the
Council for Responsible Genetics. Order it
from crg@essential.org.
Indigenous Peoples, Genes and Genetics:
What Indigenous Peoples Should Know About
Biocolonialism. Debra Harry, Stephanie
Howard and Brett Lee Shelton, IPCB, June
2000. Available on website
www.ipcb.org/pub/index.html.
Of Cabbages and Kings: A Cartoon Book on
Genetic Engineering. A SEED Europe,
September 1999. A beautiful and info-packed
book! Order from
biotech@aseed.antenna.nl.
Our Food, Whose Choice? Consumer's
Action on Genetically Modified Food is a
32-page campaigning kit prepared by
Consumers International. The kit can be
downloaded at
www.consumersinternational/org/wcrd and a
Spanish version is at
www.consumersint?americalatinaycaribe.cl.
Printed copies are also available from
consint@consint.org.
RAFI Communiqué is published by the
Rural Advancement Foundation International.
Order from communique@rafiusa.org.
Seedling, the quarterly newsletter of
Genetic Resources Action International
(GRAIN), focuses on the sustainable
management and use of agricultural
biodiversity based on people's control over
genetic resources and local knowledge, with
a special emphasis on developing countries.
It is available free of charge to groups
and individuals in the South, as well as to
the NGO community at large. Contact:
grain@bcn.servicom.es.
Untangling the Biotech Corporate Cobweb
was published by the FoE Europe
Biotechnology Programme in May 1999.
Contact: info@foeeurope.org.
This is only the tip of the
genetically-manipulated iceberg! Please
contact FoEI or FoE Europe for further
information sources on biotech issues.
WEB SITES
Friends of the Earth Groups
FoE Australia:
www.foe.org.au/docs/ge/coll_geg.htm
FoE Canada: www.foecanada.org
FoE Ecuador: www.ecuanex.net.ec/accion (in
Spanish)
FoE England, Wales and Northern Ireland:
www.foe.co.uk/realfood
FoE Europe:
www.foeeurope.org/Halt-GMO-Pollution
FoE France: www.amisdelaterre.org (in
French)
FoE Spain: www.tierra.org/transgenicos (in
Spanish)
FoE United States:
www.foe.org/safefood
Other Campaign Groups
Center for Food Safety:
www.centerforfoodsafety.org
Genetic Resources Action International:
www.grain.org
GeneWatch: www.genewatch.org
Indigenous Peoples Council on
Biocolonialism: www.ipcb.org
International Federation of Organic
Agriculture Movements (IFOAM):
www.ifoam.org
Organic Consumers Association:
www.purefood.org
Pesticide Action Network:
www.panna.org
Rural Advancement Fund International
(RAFI): www.rafi.org
US Consumers Union:
www.consumersunion.org/food/food.htm
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Biotech Industry
According to RAFI, the top five 'gene
giants' - AstraZeneca, DuPont, Monsanto,
Novartis and Aventis -- account for nearly
two-thirds of the global pesticide market
(60 percent), almost one-quarter (23
percent) of the global seed market, and
virtually 100 percent of the transgenic
seed market.
AstraZeneca: www.astrazeneca.com,
e-mail:
hans.a.karlsson@astrazeneca.com.
Aventis: www.aventis.com, e-mail
info@aventis.com
DuPont: www.dupont.com, e-mail
info@dupont.com
Monsanto: www.monsanto.com, e-mail
info@monsantolist.com
Novartis: www.novartis.com, e-mail
chse.corporate@group.novartis.com
Pioneer: www.pioneer.com, e-mail
webeditor@phibred.com
Council for Biotechnology Information:
www.whybiotech.com
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