Letter to the editor regarding publication of research by Stanley Ewen and Arpad Pusztai regarding effects of genetically modified potatoes on rat small intestines.
Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., Letter to the editor doubts the accuracy of a poll announced in the Farm Journal magazine indicating that Governor Landon was gaining throughout the West. Reason: Farm Journal is owned by Joseph N. Pew, Jr., vice president of the Sun Oil Company. "The Pew family has been a heavy contributor to the Liberty League and Mr. Pew himself was shown to have contributed at least $2,000 to the Farmers Independence Council."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 176 Document Number: C30262
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7 pages., "If more of our news is going to be produced by non-traditional sources - like NGOs who have an interest in promoting their own agenda - how can news consumers sort through their sources and figure out who to believe?"
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: C26955
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Online from V-Fluence web site via PR Reporter. 3 pages., "Words like 'frankenfoods' and 'genetic engineering' scare consumers and deny them the facts about agricultural biotechnology and food safety, the author writes."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C20222
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Posted on: <a href="http://www.ruralreality.org/ruralreality/pitts_statement.html">www.ruralreality.org</a>, Comments at a press conference, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C36925
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Via SciDev.net. 2 pages., Director of the non-profit media organisation, TVE Asia Pacific, argues that "the media and development organizations are currently part of the problem."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 181 Document Number: C36378
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Drovers CattleNetwork via online. 3 pages., Author comments about a CNN Eatocracy feature that included an observation that the 4-H organization serves to desensitize children to the suffering of animals.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23345
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From WireTap via the Omni Center for Peace, Justice and Ecology. 6 pages., Identifies 10 corporations as winners of the 2003 "Don't Be Fooled Awards." Includes three marketers of food products, tobacco products and forestry management concepts.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 30 Document Number: D10556
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3 pages., via website, DairyBusiness., Those within the food system wring their hands about the decreasing influence of science, often blaming consumers for our “post-truth” society. But, there is another reason for the decline of trust in science, according to The Center for Food Integrity (CFI) – one less comfortable to talk about, especially for those who conduct and sponsor research.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23635
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CBC News via AgBioView via Food Safety Network. 2 pages., Questions accuracy of results of a recent research report by a Russian brain researcher indicating that genetically modified feed caused death of animals.
Via online access. 7 pages., Comments on an article in the fashion and style section of the New York Times about urban residents creating small-space farms near urban areas where people are "hungry for quality produce and willing to pay a premium."
