Selected Journal Articles | Selected Internet Links

Bailey, Britt and Marc Lappe, eds. Engineering on the Farm: Ethical and Social Aspects of Agricultural Biotechnology. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2002.
MAIN 3S - S 494.5 .G44 E54 2002

Dawkins, Kristin. Gene Wars: the Politics of Biotechnology. New York, NY: Seven Stories Press, 1997.
MAIN 3S - S 494.5 .B563 D39 1997

Ervin, David E., et al. Transgenic Crops: An Environmental Assessment. Arlington, VA: Winrock International, 2001.
MAIN 3S - S 494.5 .B563 T736 2001

Fernandez-Cornejo, Jorge. Adoption of Bioengineered Crops. Washington, D.C.: United State. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service, 2002.
US DOCS FICHE - A 1.107:810
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aer810/aer810.pdf

Krimsky, Sheldon and Roger Wrubel. Agricultural Biotechnology and the Environment: Science, Policy, and Social Issues. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1996.
MAIN 3S - S 494.5 .B563 K75 1996

Lappe, Marc. Against the Grain: Biotechnology and the Corporate Takeover of Your Food. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 1998.
MAIN 3S - S 494.5 .B563 L37 1998

Lurquin, Paul F. The Green Phoenix: A History of Genetically Modified Plants. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2001.
MAIN 3S - SB 123.57 .L87 2001

McGarity, Thomas O. and Patricia I. Hansen. Breeding Distrust: An Assessment and Recommendations for Improving the Regulation of Plant Derived Genetically Modified Foods. Consumer Federation of America. 2001.
http://www.biotech-info.net/Breeding_Distrust.html

National Research Council. Committee on Environmental Impacts Associated with Commercialization of Transgenic Plants. Board on Agriculture and Natinal Resources. Division on Earth and Life Studies. Environmental Effects of Transgenic Plants: The Scope and Adequacy of Regulation. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2002.
MAIN 3S - SB 123.57 .E58 2002
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309082633/html/

National Research Council. Committee on Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Plants, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources. Genetically modified pest-protected plants: science and regulation. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2000.
MAIN 3S - SB 123.57 G48 2000
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309069300/html/

Nottingham, Stephen. Eat Your Genes: How Genetically Modified Food is Entering Our Diet. New York, NY: Zed Books Ltd., 1998.
MAIN 3S - TP 248.65 .F66 N67 1998

Pardey, Philip G. The Future of Food: Biotechnology Markets and Policies in an International Setting. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research/John Hopkins University Press, 2001.
MAIN 3S - S 494.5 .B563 F88 2001

Rissler, Jane. The Ecological Risks of Engineered Crops. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1996. MAIN 3S - SB 123.57 .R564 1996

Shoemaker, Robbin et al. Economic Issues in Agricultural Biotechnology. Washington, DC: United State. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service, 2001.
US DOCS FICHE - A 1.75:762
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aib762/aib762.pdf

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research. Review of Biotechnology in Agriculture: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, June 23, 2004. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2004.
US DOCS - Y 4.AG 8/1:108-34
http://agriculture.house.gov/hearings/108/10834.pdf

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Plant Genome and Biotechnology Development: Report (to accompany H.R. 2051)(including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2002.
US DOCS - Y 1.1/8:107-422
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/useftp.cgi?
IPaddress=162.140.64.21&filename=hr422.107&directory=/disk3/wais/
data/107_cong_reports

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Basic Research. Seeds of Opportunity: an assessment of the benefits, safety, and oversight of plant genomics and agricultural biotechnology. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2000.
US DOCS - Y 4.SCI 2:106-B

Yount, Lisa. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering. New York, NY: Facts on File, 2000.
MAIN 3S - TP 248.23 .Y684 2000

Selected Journal Articles

Altieri, Miguel A. "No: Poor Farmers Won't Reap the Benefits." Foreign Policy. 119 (Summer 2000): 123-131.

Ainger, Katharine. "Is George Bush the new Bob Geldof? The president of the US says he wants to feed the world. The only thing stopping him is Europe's attitude to bio-crops. Katharine Ainger challenges his claim." New Statesman. 132:4644 (June 30, 2003): 22(2).

Barton, John H. "Patenting agriculture." Issues in Science and Technology. 17:4 (Summer 2001): 43-50.

Bowring, Finn. "Manufacturing Scarcity: Food Biotechnology and the Life Sciences Industry." Capital & Class. 79 (Spring 2003): 107-44.

Clapp, Stephen. "Ag biotech "no panacea" for poor countries, FAO says." Food Chemical News. 46:15 (May 24, 2004): 47+.

Clapp, Stephen. "APHIS receives over 700 comments on overhauling biotech rules." Food Chemical News. 46:10 (April 19, 2004): 9+.

Francer, Jeffrey K. "Frankenstein foods or flavor savers? Regulating agricultural biotechnology in the United States and European Union." Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law. 7:2 (Winter 2000): 257-314.

Hails, R. S. "Assessing the risks associated with new agricultural practices." Nature. 418:6898 (August 8, 2002): 685-8.

Holdrege, Craig and Steve Talbott. "Sowing technology: the ecological argument against genetic engineering down on the farm." Sierra. 86:4 (July/August 2001): 34-9, 72.

Huang, Jikun, Carl Pray and Scott Rozelle. "Enhancing the crops to feed the poor." Nature. 418:6898 (August 8, 2002): 678-84.

Kellow, Aynsley. "Risk Assessment and Decision-making for Genetically Modified Foods." Risk: Health, Safety & Environment. 13:1/2 (Spring 2002): 115-35.

Lacy, Peter G. "Deploying the Full Arsenal: Fighting Hunger with Biotechnology." SAIS Review. 23:1 (Winter/Spring 2003): 181-202.

Leber, Sandra Kiil. "Biotechnology: Curse or Cure?" State Government News. 43:1 (January 2000): 23-26.

Makey, Maureen A. and Charles R. Santerre. "Biotechnology and our food supply." Nutrition Today. 35:4 (July/August 2000): 120-8.

New Perspectives Quarterly. 21:4 (Fall 2004).

• Borlaug, Norman. "Biotech Can Feed 8 Billion.": 97-102.
• Boyer, Paul. "The Unwarranted Fear of GMOs Harms Us All.": 105-107.
• Carter, Jimmy. "Biotechnology Can Defeat Famine.": 103-104.

Paarlberg, Robert. "From the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution; Agricultural Biotechnology: Meeting the Needs of the Poor?" Environment. 47:1 (Jan-Feb 2005): 38(3).

Pires-O'Brien, Joaquina. Contemporary Review.

• "GM foods in perspective: part one." 276:1608 (January 2000): 19-23.
• "GM foods in perspective: part two." 276:1609 (February 2000): 84-9.
• "GM foods in perspective: part three." 276:1610 (March 2000): 141-3.

Reynolds, Robert W. "Agricultural biotechnology: opportunities and risks." USA Today. 128:2650 (July 1999): 54-6.

Weston, Cliff D. "Chilling of the corn: agricultural biotechnology in the face of U.S. patent law and the Cartagena Protocol." Journal of Small and Emerging Business Law. 4:2 (Summer 2000): 377-410.

Selected Internet Links

Agricultural Biotechnology: An Electronic Journal of the U.S. Department of State. http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/ites/0903/ijee/toc.htm

CAST: The Science Source for Food. Agricultural, and Environmental Issues. Food and Agricultural Biotechnology. http://www.cast-science.org/cast/src/cast_top.htm

Colorado State University. Transgenic Crops: An Introduction and Resource Guide. http://www.colostate.edu/programs/lifesciences/TransgenicCrops/

Council for Biotechnology Information. http://www.whybiotech.com/index.asp

Ecologic, Inc. Ag Biotech InfoNet. http://www.biotech-info.net/index.html

Farm Bureau. "The Issue, Biotechnology - Farm Bureau on Biotechnology." The Voice of Agriculture. http://www.fb.org/issues/biotech/

Monsanto. Biotech Knowledge Center. http://www.biotechknowledge.monsanto.com/

National Academy of Sciences. "Designer Seeds." Beyond Discovery. http://www.beyonddiscovery.org/content/view.article.asp?a=167

National Agricultural Biotechnology Council. http://www.cals.cornell.edu/extension/nabc/

Sierra Club. Genetic Engineering. http://www.sierraclub.org/biotech/

United States. Department of Agriculture. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Agricultural Biotechnology. http://www.usda.gov/agencies/biotech/

United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service (ERS). Agricultural Biotechnology. http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/Biotechnology/

United States. Food and Drug Administration. Biotechnology. http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/biotechm.html

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Updated 02/18/2005