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    21. Technology is values neutral - your brand is not

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Arnot, Charlie (author / Center for Food Integrity)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2020
    Published:
    International: Center for Food Integrity, Gladstone, Missouri.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11706
    Notes:
    4 pages., Online from publisher website., Perspectives about how consumers will perceive technology in food and agriculture going forward. "...will they view innovation as positive and something they should embrace and support? Or, will innovation be perceived as another looming threat that should be avoided at all costs? The answer to those questions rests with those who bring the technology to market."

    22. The evolution of frankenfoods?

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Feffer, John (author / AlterNet)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2005-07-18
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23348
    Notes:
    Alternet, a project of the Independent Media Institute. 6 pages., Describes some potentials and risks of nanotechnology, as developed within the food sector. Includes discussion of consumer trust and public concerns.

    26. Third floor perspectives: commentary from the president

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Beachy, Roger (author / President, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2005
    Published:
    International: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23798
    Journal Title:
    The Leaflet
    Journal Title Details:
    7(3) : 5
    Notes:
    Author criticizes "those who deliberately stir public fear without a scientific basis for their concern."

    27. We can't let John Deere destroy the very idea of ownership

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Wiens, Kyle (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2015-04-21
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 139 Document Number: D05923
    Notes:
    Online via www.wired.com. 8 pages., Controversial proposal from John Deere to the Copyright Office suggesting that due to computer codes in modern farm tractors farmers receive "an implied license for the life of the vehicle to operate the vehicle."

    28. Who is a farmer? Linguistic insights into agriculture

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Astyk, Sharon (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2008-04-23
    Published:
    International: Grist Magazine, Inc. - Environmental News and Commentary
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27897
    Journal Title:
    Grist
    Notes:
    Via online access. 7 pages., Examines the elements of an "honest vision for the future with a shared language that accurately describes our world." Size of farm is not the key indicator, the author argues.