Re: [cg] What's Up in Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering

**"* B* <f*@web.net>**

Everyone,

What is currently  being done by the genentic engineering of food crops is
some of the scariest and potentially most damaging stuff that I have ever
seen. For those of you who want to know more--and that should be EVERYONE
because it afects the  food we and all of our future generations will or
won't eat--check out these web sites. Do it quickly and react quickly. I'm
generally not a person that does the chicken little kind of thing, but this
is worthy of that approach.

<www.rachel.org>      look for bulletins # 637, 638, 639
<www.sustain.org/bulletins>     especially "Monsanto Monitor"
<www.purefood.org>      "Food Bytes #17: Global Resistance Against Monsanto"

It seems that Europe and India and much of the rest of the world except for
North America is already protesting this take -over bid for the world's food
supply by Monsanto. Why aren't we?
There are Global Days of Protest being planned April 15-30, especially
around April 22. The Food Bytes #17 has details. Do something.

Laura Berman
FoodShare Toronto
238 Queen St. West
Toronto, Ontario
CanadaM5V 1Z7
phone: (416) 392-1668
fax: (416) 392-6650
email: fdshare @web.net

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>From: Lucy Bradley <BradleyL@ag.arizona.edu>
>To: community_garden@mallorn.com, arid_gardener@ag.arizona.edu
>Subject: [cg] What's Up in Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering
>Date: Tue, Mar 23, 1999, 7:23 PM
>

> The website below links to a slide presentation on biotechnology done by
> the University of California - Berkeley
>
> <http://plantbio.berkeley.edu/~outreach/WHATIS.HTM#16>
>
> It gives a quick overview of biotechnology, genetic engineering
>
> It starts out
>
> "Today I would like to talk with you about the new genetic technologies
> being used to modify crop plants. I will try to give you the information
> that you will need to understand the technology and how it differs from the
> classical means we have used to modify our foods in the past.
>
> This is not the first technology that has impacted the food supply in the
> 10,000-year history of farming. As with other such technologies, the
> domestication of plants and animals, mechanization, chemical fertilizers
> and pesticides, the application of the new genetic tools brings questions
> that involve risks and benefits. We are living in an increasingly complex
> world where we are called upon to make decisions on technically complex
> matters and often we are not armed with the facts that we need to make
> informed decisions.
>
> What I would like to do today is to give you enough information so that you
> will be able to make informed decisions about how these technologies will
> be used and how the foods derived from this technology differ from the ones
> we now eat. . . ."
>
> Lucy K. Bradley
> Extension Agent, Urban Horticulture
> Maricopa County
> The University of Arizona
> Cooperative Extension
> 4341 E Broadway Rd.
> Phoenix, AZ  85040-8807
>
> Phone:  (602) 470-8086 ext 323
> Fax:  (602) 470-8092
> email:  BradleyL@ag.arizona.edu
> http://ag.arizona.edu/maricopa/garden/
>
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