Resources to learn more about genetically engineered food

ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTERS

The Campaign to Label GE Foods News Update. Excellent resource for the latest related articles.

Biodemocracy News. Published every six weeks, very comprehensive following of the GE issue.

PUBLICATIONS

SATYA Magazine, a monthly publication focusing on vegetarianism, environmentalism, animal advocacy, and social justice. In Sanskrit, “satya” means “truth,” and formed the basis of Mohandas Gandhi’s Satyagraha or “truth action” movement for Indian self-sufficiency. Satya Magazine is committed to continuing Gandhi’s legacy by increasing dialogue among activists from diverse backgrounds and engaging readers in ways to integrate compassion into their daily lives.

Wild Matters, RR1, Box 68D, Walden, VT 05873, 802-563-3300.

New Scientist, Reed Business Information Ltd. 151 Wardour St., London WIV 4BN, England. The English have more in-depth information about GE than we do.

The Maine Organic Farmer and Gardener, P.O. Box 170, Unity, ME 04988. Quarterly newspaper from MOFGA.

WEB SITES

The Institute of Science in Society (ISIS) is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1999 by Mae-Wan Ho and Peter Saunders to work for social responsibility and sustainable approaches in science. A major part of our work is to promote critical public understanding of science and to engage both scientists and the public in open debate and discussion. ISIS has been providing inputs into the GM debate that would have been conspicuously lacking otherwise.

VTGEAN, Rural VT, and the Institute for Social Ecology BioTech Project has a new website called: http://GeFreeVt.org. A site that promotes and lobbies against Genetic Engineering in Vermont. This site currently offers direct lobbying info including quick find guides of legislators, a bill status tracking system, full text of all the bills, and much more.

Farmer Testimonials:
   cropchoice.com
   nelsonfarm.net
   percyschmeiser.com
   saskorganic.com/oapf
   motherjones.com/news

nerage.org — Institute for Social Ecology and Biotechnology Project.

turnpoint.org — The Turning Point Project is a non-profit organization, formed in 1999 specifically to design and produce a series of educational advertisements concerning the major issues of the new millennium. The ads appeared in The New York Times and other newspapers across the nation.

thecampaign.org — The Campaign to Label GE Foods; lobbying group. Current information.

tccouncil.org — Offshoot of the Campaign website, serving to educate and create discussion.

truefoodnow.org — Greenpeace website; environmental activism, often confrontational.Deep resource. Best safe-food guide.

foodfirst.org — The oldest and deepest social and democratic food organization in U.S. Newsletters and books.

bio-integrity.org — The Alliance for Biointegrity; arguments against genetic engineering, details of a lawsuit against the FDA.

centerforfoodsafety.org — Center for Food Safety; grassroots information and sources on GE, organic standards, preventing food-borne illnesses; educational information on hazards of industrial agriculture.

gene-watch.org — The Council for Responsible Genetics; watchdog group of academics monitoring biotech industry. From Boston.

keepnatural.org — Keep Nature Natural; campaign for labeling and safety standards of GE foods; good basic information on how to ID, what to do.

purefood.org — Organic Consumers Association and Biodemocracy News; information about GE food; campaign for food safety, organic agriculture, sustainability. Excellent mailing list to stay current.

ucsusa.org — Union of Concerned Scientists, lobbying on environmental issues; good, accessible science.

amberwaves.org — GE and organic news and healthy recipes.