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GMO web resources
North America | Industry | International | United Nations
NORTH AMERICAN WEB-BASED GROUPS
Ag BioTech InfoNet
www.biotech-info.net
Focus on scientific reports and technical analysis of GE issues. Aim to provide a forum where a broad spectrum of people and organizations can raise tough questions, report new technical findings, and offer conflicting views.
The American Corn Growers Association
www.acga.org
The ACGA represents the interests of corn producers in 35 states, and was formed to provide a voice for producers that was not influenced by the grain processing and exporting companies along with chemical and seed companies. The ACGA believes that: any importing country or company has the right to choose between buying genetically altered commodities or traditional production; and Biotech companies should be liable for all damages to all producers due to market disruption caused by genetically altered crops.
As You Sow
www.asyousow.org
A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting corporate social responsibility.
BIODEV
www.biodev.org
Website to source information about the grassroots demonstrations and teach-ins that have happened at the same time as the Biotechnology Industry Organization annual meetings.
Citizens For Health
www.citizens.org/
Website of Citizens For Health, a national grassroots advocacy organization committed to protecting and expanding natural health choices.
Clean Water Action
www.cleanwateraction.org/
A national citizens' organization working for clean, safe and affordable water, prevention of health-threatening pollution, creation of environmentally-safe jobs and businesses, and empowerment of people to make democracy work.
The Corporate Agribusiness Research Project
http://home.earthlink.net/~avkrebs/CARP/
A public interest project that seeks to provide an in-depth source of information on corporate agribusiness's economic, social and environmental impacts on family farmers, rural communities, ecosystems, labor and consumers. The Corporate Agribusiness Research Project offers a range of technical assistance that includes research, public education materials and tools, lectures and trainings. It seeks to make the findings of its research and analysis free or available at a nominal cost to policy makers, scholars, and citizen activists.
Food First Debate
www.foodfirst.org/progs/global/ge/sactoministerial/debate.php
Here you can download the debate, 'Agriculture, Hunger and Biotechnology' hosted by Food First and PAN North America which took place on June 23, 2003, one of the educational events organized to coincide with the Sacramento biotech ministerial.
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Fox BGH Suit
www.foxbghsuit.com
An online news source about genetically engineered bovine growth hormone, and how pressure from the hormone maker Monsanto led Fox TV to fire two of its award-winning reporters and sweep under the rug much of what they discovered but were never allowed to broadcast.
Genetic Engineering and Its Dangers
http://online.sfsu.edu/%7Erone/GEessays/gedanger.htm
This website includes many useful articles and essays on genetic engineering issues compiled by Dr Ron Epstein.
Keep Maine GE-free
www.keepmainefree.org
Website of folks calling for a moratorium on genetically engineered (GE) crops in Maine.
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Label This!
www.labelthis.org
Employing the do-it-yourself tactics from England, this campaign has decided to take the need for labels into their own hands and is voluntarily labeling food in grocery stores across the country.
Northern Plains Resource Council
www.nprcmt.org/ourwork/whyplant.asp
Committed to protecting Montana's wheat from genetic contamination and to maintaining farmer independence. To reach that goal, Northern Plains members:
Supported legislation at the 2003 Legislature that would have empowered Montana officials to ensure protection of Montana's wheat before genetically engineered wheat is cleared for commercial introduction; Asked the federal Animal Plant Health Inspection Service to prepare a rigorous environmental impact statement on the economic and environmental impacts of introducing genetically engineered wheat before clearing the way for its introduction; Are currently working with lawmakers to introduce legislation in the 2005 legislature to protect Montana's wheat industry.
Protect Our Waters from Genetically Engineered (GE) Fish
www.gefish.org
A joint campaign of Friends of the Earth, Clean Water Action, and the Center for Food Safety. Tel 1-800-600-6664 to receive their new GE fish Activist Toolkit!
Say No To GMOs!
www.saynotogmos.org
Say No To GMOs! supports mandatory labeling, long-term independent safety testing, more stringent regulation and full corporate liability for damages resulting from the irresponsible introduction of GMOs to the environment and food supply. Their website contains many useful resources, including a streaming video called Grains of Truth in which farmers speak out about GMOs.
WTO Watch
http://www.wtowatch.org/pages/home.cfm
IATP's informative website which looks at the impact of Free Trade agreements such as the WTO and FTAA
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INDUSTRY WEB SITES
Biotechnology Industry Organization
http://www.bio.org/
Founded in 1993 by the merging of the Industrial Biotechnology Association and the Association of Biotechnology Companies, BIO's members now include over 1000 companies, academic institutions and biotechnology centers. BIO's annual convention and exhibition is the largest biotechnology event in the world, attended by around 10,000 industry delegates. BIO has worked to stop government price controls on drugs, shape political and public reaction to the genetically modified foods, advocate for tax breaks for biotech corporations, and lobby Congress and the FDA.
Biotechknowledge.com
http://www.biotechknowledge.com/
Website sponsored by Monsanto. Provides news items supporting agricultural biotechnology from around the globe. Also provides technical reports, fact sheets, speeches, and other documents relevant to the promotion of biotechnology.
Check Biotech
www.checkbiotech.org
Website sponsored by Syngenta, includes a database of ag-biotech related documents.
The Council for Biotechnology Information
http://www.whybiotech.com/
The Council for Biotechnology Information's members are leading biotechnology companies and trade associations. The website is divided into four broad audience categories - Consumers, Farmers, Journalists and Teachers & Students. Resources on the site also include a 'Benefits of Biotechnology' PowerPoint presentation and a Plant Biotechnology Timeline.
CropLife America
http://www.croplifeamerica.org/
CropLife America represents the developers, manufacturers, formulators and distributors of most of the chemicals and biotech products used by American farmers. The CropLife America Biotechnology Committee represents biotech companies such as Bayer CropScience, BASF Corporation, BIO COM, Cargill, Delta and Pine Land Company, Dow AgroSciences, DuPont Agricultural Products, Genetics and Emergent Genetics, Monsanto Company, Paradigm, The Scotts Company, Syngenta, United Agri Products, Inc.
Dupont
www.dupont.com/biotech/
An industry-sponsored website that provides information about plant biotechnology. The site includes an overview of policy, a newsroom that is updated daily, and links to biotechnology resources.
The International Service for the
Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA)
www.isaaa.org
Biotech Industry funded non-profit organization that has centers in the Philippines, Kenya and the United States, and which facilitates the transfer of agricultural biotechnology applications from industrial countries to developing countries.
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INTERNATIONAL WEB RESOURCES
Biotech Independent Media Centre
www.biotechimc.org/
An issue based Indymedia site dedicated to biotechnology and genetic engineering in agriculture, food, medicine as well as its relevance to globalisation. Indymedia Biotech is set up by a group of volunteers from different continents working on biotech issues, many of whom are also Indymedia activists of local Independent Media Centers.
Biotechnology and Development Monitor
www.biotech-monitor.nl/
Quarterly magazine, published in the Netherlands by The Network University in Amsterdam. It deals with topics in the biotechnology and development fields and is directed at developing countries and sustainable development. The primary audience of the Monitor consists of current and future policy makers, scientists, farmers, students, agriculture and biotechnology.
GE Information Service
www.GEinfo.org.nz
The GE Information Service promotes informed debate and currently produces a regular digest of news information on the topic in the form of the GE Information Bulletin. Subscribe to email copies at the above website.
Network of Concerned Farmers
http://www.non-gm-farmers.com/
Australia-wide network of conventional and organic farmers who are concerned about the economic, environmental and social impacts of genetically modified crops. Aims to: Provide independent, practical, detailed and accurate information to farmers and the broader community on all issues related to GM crops; and Protect the rights of farmers to continue to grow and market uncontaminated crops by ensuring the GM industry is responsible for containment of their product and all associated costs and liabilities.
Physicians and Scientists for the
Responsible Applications of Science and Technology
www.psrast.org/intropage.htm
PSRAST are calling for a Global Moratorium on the release into the environment of genetically engineered organisms and on the use GE foods until sufficient knowledge has been acquired to make it possible to judge if it is justifiable and safe for our health and the environment. Their website has many scientific articles addressing GMO safety issues.
Seize the Day
www.seizetheday.org
Visit this website to download music and get ordering information for Seize the Day's inspiring songs about biotech, war, and global grassroots resistance.
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UNITED NATIONS BIO-TECH WEBSITES
BINAS
http://binas.unido.org/binas/
The Biosafety Information Network and Advisory Service is a service of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and monitors global developments in regulatory issues in biotechnology.
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
http://www.biodiv.org/biosafety/default.aspx
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Biotechnology
www.fao.org/biotech/index.asp
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