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    1. "I'm getting desperate." What we know about farmers' markets that fail

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Lev, Larry (author), Stephenson, Garry (author), and Brewer, Linda (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2008
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C37149
    Journal Title:
    Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems
    Journal Title Details:
    23 : 188-199

    2. 2008 food biotechnology: a study of U.S. consumer trends

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    International Food Information Council (author)
    Format:
    Report
    Publication Date:
    2008-10
    Published:
    USA: International Food Information Council, Washington, D.C.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: C28372
    Notes:
    This executive summary, as well as full report and full data tables, 7 pages.

    4. Biotech giants demand a high price for saving the planet: companies accused of "profiteering" as they attempt to patent crop genes

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Lean, Geoffrey (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2008-06-08
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: C27758
    Journal Title:
    Independent
    Notes:
    Via online issue. 2 pages.

    6. Building an urban-rural platform for food security

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Kirwan, Emma (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2008-09
    Published:
    Ecuador: Centre for Information on Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture, Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: C28329
    Journal Title:
    LEISA
    Journal Title Details:
    24(3) : 22-23
    Notes:
    Online issue.

    7. Can traditional knowledge contribute to agriculture?

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), Washington, D.C.; Rome, Italy; Nairobi, Kenya; and Paris, France.
    Format:
    Report
    Publication Date:
    2008-04
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: C27798
    Notes:
    1 page., Suggests the answer, "Yes." Executive summary of a set of reports agreed to at an Intergovernmental Plenary Session in Johannesburg, South Africa, in April, 2008. This was a small part of a study during the past three years by UN organizations, the World Bank and many governments involving 400 experts.