Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29761
Notes:
Pages 109-114 in Thomas R. Dunlap (Ed.), DDT, Silent Spring and the rise of environmentalism: classic texts. University of Washington Press, Seattle. 152 pages.
5 pages, Includes discussion about role of the media in the "great Alar scare of 1989" which harmed the apple industry and turned out to be a false alarm.
College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Format:
Project files
Publication Date:
1992
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21117
Notes:
These materials involve the production and airing of an environmentally sensitive television documentary, "The Price of Bounty," and the considerable controversy that arose from airing it. The program was produced by the College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, through a grant from the Illinois Department of Agriculture with funds provided by fertilizer users. Content involved effects of soil erosion and crop chemicals on the environment, including quality of water supplies. Materials include correspondence, production information, videotapes, newspaper clippings, proceedings of faculty discussions, and other items. They reflect the sensitivities and dynamics in relationships among producers, agribusinesses, communities, environmental groups, farm organizations and universities. They also include expressions of concern in the agricultural community about public perceptions of environmental responsibility, viewpoints about the role of universities in providing information on such matters, and responses by the Department of Agriculture.
Via online. 3 pages., Subtitle: A recent 8,000-word article in the New Yorker reaffirmed a trend in journalism of turning important scientific issues into a circus sideshow.
Jukes, Thomas H. (author), Baker, Chester B. (author), Burns, Edward R. (author), Davis, Glenn (author), Hafs, Harold (author), and Jones, Hardin (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1976-09-15
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 191 Document Number: D03035
Notes:
Report No. 61, Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST), Ames, Iowa. 10 pages. Also, script for the National Broadcasting Company television program of the same title, produced for NBC News by Thomas Tomizawa. 47 pages., Response by a CAST task force to a telecast on September 8, 1976, featuring the use (and risks) of chemicals in the food system. Special emphasis on the use of diethylstilbestrol (a growth hormone used in beef production) and aspertame (sweetener).
