Fernandez, Michael (author / Executive Director, Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology)
Format:
Power Point
Publication Date:
2006-02-17
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C23728
Notes:
Posted at: http://www.usda.gov/oce/forum/2006%20speeches/pdf%20ppt/fernandez.pdf, Presented at the 2006 Agricultural Outlook Forum sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Arlington, Virginia, February 17, 2006.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26972
Notes:
Pages 113-140 in Jon Entine (ed.), Let them eat precaution: how politics is undermining the genetic revolution in agriculture, AEI Press, Washington, D.C. 203 pages.
Five core values cited: respect for each discussion partner, context sensitivity, respect for arguments including emotions, shared picture of the situation and relating theory to practice.
Reports on a court action requiring the USDA to release information identifying persons with whom officials met before they loosened rules on testing meat for deadly bacteria. "The agency did an about-face on the Listeria regulations, and the Consumer Federation of America suspected the change was due to ex parte communications with industry representatives from the meat and poultry industries, CFA lawyer Jillian M. Cutler told the RCFP." (Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press)
