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2. Cultural indigestion in multicultural Australia: fear of "foreign" foods in Australian media
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Anderson, Lara (author) and Benbow, Heather Merle (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- Australia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: D11545
- Journal Title:
- Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 15(1) : 34-43
- Notes:
- 11 pages., Online from publisher via JSTOR digital archive., Authors identified how fears about Asian immigration are often expressed in a distaste for foreign food in the Australian media and official discourse. They also examined how newspaper and television coverage of food poisoning in restaurants and food courts suggests a link between ethnicity and contamination.
3. Demystifying genetics and biotechnology
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Navarro, Mariechel J. (author)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Folder: 161` Document Number: D07869
- Notes:
- Pages 107-109 in M.J. Navarro (ed.), Voices and views: why biotech?. ISAAA Brief No. 50. International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications, Ithaca, New York. 158 pages.
4. No health risks from GMOs
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Novella, Steven (author / Yale University School of Medicine)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D11644
- Journal Title:
- Skeptical Inquirer
- Journal Title Details:
- 38(4)
- Notes:
- 5 pages., Author concludes that "genetic information is easy to portray as a new and scary technology, but fearmongering is largely based on misinformation, a misunderstanding of evolution and our place in the natural world, and vague fears of contamination. In reality, GMO safety testing is extensive and has not uncovered any safety concerns for current GMOs. There are other issues with GMOs that are worth discussing, but fears of adverse health effects are not legitimate." Cites a review of research ty the European Commission in 2010: "The main conclusion to be drawn from the efforts of more than 130 research projects, covering a period of more than 25 years of research and involving more than 500 independent research groups, is that biotechnology, and in particular GMOs, are not per se more risky than e.g. conventional plant breeding technologies."
5. World Press Freedom Day: A statement from IFAJ President Owen Roberts
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Roberts, Owen (author / President, International Federation of Agricultural Journalists)
- Format:
- Commentary
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Published:
- International: International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ), Ormstown, Quebec, Canada
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D11647
- Notes:
- 2 pages., Online from publisher., During a global coronavirus pandemic, IFAJ President Owen Roberts emphasizes the vital importance of journalists in helping people be informed and safe. "The world will change hugely in the next 365 days as we grapple with the pandemic... But two things won't change: these are farmers' need to feed the world and journalists' role in helping them do so. Through our global network for agricultural journalism, we can make a difference in how effective this all works out."