In letter to the editor, Lancet is criticized by a representative of the Biotechnology Industry Organization for placing politics and tabloid sensationalism above its responsibility to report and assess new science.
Letter to the editor regarding publication of research by Stanley Ewen and Arpad Pusztai regarding effects of genetically modified potatoes on rat small intestines.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 140 Document Number: D06122
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Pages 66-71 in "Ethics, efficiency and food security: feeding the 9 billion well," The Crawford Fund 2014 Annual Parliamentary Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia, August 24-28, 2014. 157 pages.
"The current situation in the EU can be summarized by the paradoxical conclusion that GMO is safe to eat, but only when produced outside the Member States."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07917
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5 pages., Author of "Bare Knuckles" blog shares with members of the AgriculturalRelations Council hs blog about "how the beef industry responded to soddy science and shoddy reporting about cancer risk in red and processed meats.."
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.
USA: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, New York City, New York
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 30 Document Number: D10572
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5 pages., via website, FAIR., Author revisits an earlier concern about the performance of a newspaper food columnist who recently admitted taking money from agribusiness interest groups that she covers.
Gale, Wayne (author / Chair, American Seed Trade Association)
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2019-06-18
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11041
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The June 7, 2019 commentary by Barber in the New York Times was retrieved online at: https://seedfreedom.info/opinion-save-our-food-free-the-seed. It is filed with this document., Online via seedworld.com. 3 pages., Response to an opinion piece in the New York Times by celebrity chef Dan Barber. Barber reported on visiting a 24,000-acre farm in North Dakota and observing the large scale of operations. He concluded: "We should be alarmed by the current architects." In this commentary author Gale offered a differing view of the changes in plant breeding and the seed industry over the past 100-plus years - and what they mean for the future.
Online from publisher. 3 pages., In this commentary, the Executive Director of the Alliance for Food and Farming argues that the "dirty dozen" list published annually by the Environmental Working Group is "scientifically unsupportable, negatively impacts consumers and it is insulting to farmers and farm workers working hard every day to provide produce to consumers." She says, "If we have learned anything from the pandemic, it is that science (not rhetoric or false claims) needs to guide our health and safety choices."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: C26631
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Archived November 28, 2007, Via Food Safety Network. 1 page., Criticizes practices of reporters who want to "dish the dirt on dangerous dining, or seep into the city's soiled food service underbelly, or test for toxins in takeout."
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."
Powell, Doug (author) and Food Safety Network, Kansas State University, Manhattan.
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2008-09-14
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: C28187
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Archived September 14, 2008, Via Food Safety Network. 2 pages., Author cites example in which results of a university research study were released to the press before they were published in a journal. He asks why the researchers did not wait until the journal article was published.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C28949
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1 page., A nutrition scientist criticizes the soundness of a peer reviewed journal article about genetic modification and urges an agricultural reporter to read such articles critically and weigh their merits. A response from the Network follows.
Seward, Zachary M. (author) and Nieman Journalism Lab, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2009-11-10
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 176 Document Number: C30263
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2 pages., Unusual approach used by a seafood organization to counteract negative press coverage through use of Google ads placed near keywords related to the fish involved.
