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Agriculture and Farming
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Economic Research Service State Fact Sheets include data on population, employment, income, farm characteristics, farm financial indicators, and top commodities and exports for each state. (May 2008)
http://www.ers.usda.gov/StateFacts/

U.S. fertilizer consumption, 1960-2006, cotton, corn, soybeans and wheat
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/FertilizerUse/

2007 USDA Economic Research Service indicators of commodity and food prices, general economic indicators, government program expenditures, farm income estimates, and trade and export statistics.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/Agoutlook/AOTables/

National Pesticide Use Database: 2002," which contains 10,277 new records

2007 bulletin from the USDA Economic Research Service, examines family farms: their size, ownership structure, and business type (posted 6/4/07).
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB26/

Information about facilities and countries that accept genetically modified and non-genetically modified corn products.
http://www.marketchoices.info

"Organic Roots On-Line Database," allows searching for historic information on organic farming on-line
http://www.hti.umich.edu/n/nal/

Estimates of farm sector income for the US, 1910-2004; for individual States, 1910-2003
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/farmincome/

USDA Economic Resarch Service provides information on organic produce and price premiums in U.S. farmers' markets (2005)
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/vgs/may05/VGS30801/

Pesticide Use in California Conventional and Organic Crop Production
http://calpip.cdpr.ca.gov

Scientifically-based or practically validated information on organic agriculture.
http://www.organicaginfo.org

USDA's major authoritative source of food composition for the US; each food item has data on 125 possible food components
http://www.ars.usda.gov/foodsearch/

Provides information on the evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds throughout the world.
http://weedscience.org

FDA's website devoted to BSE (mad cow disease) (2007)
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/bsefact2.html

USDA ERS state statistics on population, education, income, employment, farm characteristics and agricultural sales - April 2005.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/StateFacts/

Dimitri, C. and Oberholtzer, L. 2006. EU and U.S. Organic Markets Face Strong Demand Under Different Policies. Amber Waves, Volume 4, Issue 1 (5/07)

USDA ERS releases international baseline projections for supply, demand, and trade for wheat, rice, corn, barley, sorghum, soybeans, soybean oil, soybean meal, cotton, beef, pork and poultry for selected countries through 2016.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/InternationalBaseline/sutabs07.htm

Animal Biotechnology
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CAST Report - Vaccine Development Using Recombinant DNA Technology. Issue Paper Number 38, May 2008.
Provides an historical overview of vaccine development and addresses three types of recombinant vaccines (link goes to press release and order information for PDF; free to CAST members)

CAST Report - Safety of Meat, Milk, and Eggs from Animals Fed Crops Derived from Modern Biotechnology. Issue Paper Number 34, July 2006.
Summarizes data for assessing safety of meat, milk, eggs from animals fed biotechnology-derived crops expressing agronomic traits (link goes to press release and order information for PDF; free to CAST members)

UC Davis Animal Genomics and Biotechnology Cooperative Extension Program

FDA Released the Draft Executive Summary of its Assessment of the Safety of Animal Cloning - FDA Confirms that the Current Voluntary Moratorium on Releasing Animal Clones Remains in Effect

Biotechnology Information
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Genetically engineered corn varieties by State and United States, 2000-2006
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/BiotechCrops/ExtentofAdoptionTable1.htm

Genetically engineered upland cotton varieties by State and United States, 2000-2006
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/BiotechCrops/ExtentofAdoptionTable2.htm

Genetically engineered soybean varieties by State and United States, 2000-2006
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/BiotechCrops/ExtentofAdoptionTable3.htm

Colorado state education site on ag biotech
http://www.colostate.edu/programs/lifesciences/TransgenicCrops/index.html

http://pewagbiotech.org/resources/factsheets/crops
Aug. 2004: Fact Sheet on U.S. GM Crops - Pew Initiative

International Life Sciences Institute
Provides up-to-date information on the natural variability in composition of conventional crops and provides a reference for comparing composition of new crop varieties, including those developed through biotechnology.

pewagbiotech.org
The fact sheet, entitled chronicles and catalogues state and federal legislative activity relating to agricultural biotechnology in 2005 and 2006.

ICGEB database on biosafety studies: Extensive bibliography of biosafety references from the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology. 2007

CBI list of biotech agricultural products: A comprehensive article that lists every biotech agricultural product that has been approved in Canada, Mexico and the United States. 2007.

International Food Information Council, Washington, D.C., 2006 Biotech Consumer Research Report.
http://ific.org/research/biotechres.cfm

Information Systems for Biotechnology
Information on field testing locations and crops, deregulated crops.

Agnews of the Texas A&M University Agriculture Program
http://agnews.tamu.edu/

CropGen
http://www.cropgen.org

AfricaBio
http://www.africabio.com/index.shtml

Bt field corn backgrounder
http://www.foodsafetynetwork.ca/en/news-details.php?a=3&c=29&sc=220&id=46367

Bioethics, Prof. Gary L. Comstock
http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/g/glcomsto/www/homepage.html

Soybean.com
http://www.soybean.com/bseries.htm

Transgenic Crops, Colorado State University
http://www.colostate.edu/programs/lifesciences/TransgenicCrops

National Biotechnology Information Facility
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

The WWW Virtual Library, biotechnology information directory
http://www.cato.com/biotech/

AbBioWorld.org
http://www.agbioworld.org/

Elsevier Science powerful Internet search tool Scirus
http://www.scirus.com/

AgBios, Canada

Medline Plus: Health Information
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/foodallergy.html

Genetically Modified (GM) Foods Authorized in the European Union under Novel Food Regulation Rule (EC) 258/97 (January 17, 2006)
http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/food/biotechnology/authorisation/index_en.htm

National Pesticide Use Database: 2002," which contains 10,277 new records

Broader Perspective
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BIO
http://www.bio.com

Consumers International
http://www.consumersinternational.org

Council for Biotechnology Information
http://www.whybiotech.com/main.html

DuPont's Straight Talk About Biotechnology
http://www.dupont.com/biotech
English Nature

http://www.english-nature.org.uk/

Friends of the Earth
http://www.foei.org/

Greenpeace
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/genetic-engineering

Institute of Science in Society
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/index.php/

Junkscience.com
http://www.junkscience.com/

Natural Law Party genetic engineering pages
http://www.safe-food.org/

National Organic Program
http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/

Pure Food campaign
http://www.organicconsumers.org/

ETC group (formerly Rural Advancement Foundation International)
http://www.rafi.org/

Union of Concerned Scientists
http://www.ucsusa.org

Physicians and Scientists for Responsible Application of Science and Technology
http://psrast.org

Companies Involved in Agricultural Biotechnology
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BASF
http://www.basf.de/

Bayer Corporation
http://www.bayer.com/

DeKalb Genetics Corporation
http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/us_ag/layout/seed/default.asp

Deltapine Seed
http://www.deltapineseed.com/

Genetic ID
http://www.genetic-id.com

Monsanto Agricultural Company
http://www.monsanto.com

Pioneer Hi-Bred International
http://www.pioneer.com

Syngenta
http://www.syngenta.com/en/index.aspx

Developing Countries
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Africa Harvest
http://www.ahbfi.org/

GMO Africa
http://www.gmoafrica.org

Economics
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Agricultural Supply and Demand: Factors Contributing to the Recent Increase in Food Commodity Prices
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/WRS0801/WRS0801.pdf

Education
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http://www.colostate.edu/programs/lifesciences/TransgenicCrops/index.html
This educational website has educational resources for nutritionalists, teachers, journalists and extension agents. Also has hot topics and special topics sections with information on "terminator" technology, Starlink and Monarch Butterflies. Not updated since 2004.

Earn a Certificate in BioEntrepreneurship through the UCB Haas School of Business.
http://execdev.haas.berkeley.edu/ApplicationFiles/web/WebFrame.cfm?web_id=284

DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbour Laboratories
http://vector.cshl.org/

European Initiative for Biotechnology Education
http://www.eibe.info/

Educational Resources Iowa State University
http://www.biotech.iastate.edu/Educational_resources.html

National Center for Biotechnology Education (UK), practical biotechnology protocols
http://www.ncbe.reading.ac.uk/NCBE/PROTOCOLS/pracbiotech.html

AccessExcellence Graphics Library
http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/VL/GG/

Biotechnology Institute
http://www.biotechinstitute.org/

Biotechnology Outreach Program of the University of Wisconsin
http://www.biotech.wisc.edu/Education/

Ag in the classroom
http://www.agclassroom.org/

Biotechnology Project of the University of Nebraska
http://www.biotech.unl.edu/

Environmental Safety
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http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/circ./circ1291
Report from USGS on "Pesticides in the Nation's Streams and Ground Water, 1992-2001, Circular 1291

Food Safety
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http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/pes04-06.html
FDA pesticide residue monitoring in food.

CAST Report - Safety of Meat, Milk, and Eggs from Animals Fed Crops Derived from Modern Biotechnology. Issue Paper Number 34, July 2006.
Summarizes data for assessing safety of meat, milk, eggs from animals fed biotechnology-derived crops expressing agronomic traits (link goes to press release and order information for PDF; free to CAST members)

http://www.cropcomposition.org
Provides up-to-date information on natural variability in composition of conventional crops; provides a reference for comparing composition of new crop varieties, including those developed through biotechnology

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/alrguid3.html
Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergens, including the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004 (Edition 3)

http://www.usda.gov/Newsroom/0074.04.html
Final written report on field investigation of BSE case in State of Washington cow.

FDA Issues a Questions and Answers Fact Sheet about Dioxins including a special food safety section

Dietary Reference Intakes: Guiding Principles for Nutrition Labeling and Fortification

Updated information and advisory statements by the UK Institute for Food
Science and Technology on Olestra.

Updated information and advisory statements by the UK Institute for Food
Science and Technology on Bovine Somatotropin.

http://www.ars.usda.gov/foodsearch
What's in the Foods You Eat Search Tool: a 60-nutrient profile for more than 13,000 foods - a free Searchable Database on Food Content

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/avfluqa.html
Questions and Answers On Avian Influenza ("Bird Flu") and Food Safety

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/alrguid2.html
Answers to questions regarding food allergens.

http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35417/story.htm
Summary of bird flu situation in Europe and measures taken by each country to address situation

Government
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National Organic Program Guidance Statement on USDA rules for what types of products may carry USDA organic program seal
http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/NOP/Guidance%20Statements/ScopeGuidance041304.pdf

U.S. Department of State Factsheets (December 2002)
"Agricultural Development and Trade Issues for Bio-Engineered Crops in U.S. Food Aid Donations,"
"Environmental Considerations for Bio-Engineered Crops in U.S. Food Aid Donations,"
"Food Safety Assessments for Bio-Engineered Crops in U.S. Food Aid Donations"

National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements
http://ods.od.nih.gov/index.aspx

Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
http://www.agr.gc.ca/cb/biotech/.

Biotechnology Information System (BTIS) Department of Biotechnology (DBT), India
http://dbtindia.nic.in/btis/

European Patent Office
http://www.epo.co.at/index.htm

EU Biotechnology Program
http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/biot1.htm

National Center for Biotechnology Information (USA)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

US Department of Agriculture
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/brs/

US Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/

US Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/

US Patents and Trademark Office
http://patents.uspto.gov/

National Agricultural Library
http://www.nal.usda.gov/bic/

International Biotechnology
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http://www.efsa.europa.eu/science/gmo/gmo_guidance/1595_en.html
Regulation of Genetically Engineered Microorganisms and Derived Products in Food and Feed in the EU... provides detailed guidance to assist in the preparation and presentation of applications to market GMMs and their products

http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/food/biotechnology/authorisation/app_pend_2004.pdf
Lists all Genetically Modified (GM) Foods Pending Authorization in the European Union (9/12/04)

http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/food/biotechnology/gmfood/events_en.pdf
Provides a list of ag biotech crops with favorable risk evaluations in the European Union as of October 14, 2005

http://usbiotechreg.nbii.gov
Contains a searchable database with information on all genetically engineered crop plants for food or feed that have completed the recommended or required reviews for food, feed, or planting use in the US

State of play on GMO authorisations under EU law

Question and Answers on the regulation of GMOs in the EU, by the European Commission

Questions & answers on GMO "existing products" in the EU (4/05)

EU Register of existing GM food and feed products (4/05)

A Fact Sheet on the "Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety" The objective of this first Protocol is to contribute to the safe transfer, handling and use of living modified organisms (LMOs) -- such as genetically engineered plants, animals, and microbes.

Q&A on regulation of GMOs in the European Union; March 26, 2007

International Organizations
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CGIAR
http://www.cgiar.org/

FAO
http://www.fao.org/biotech/

ISAAA
http://www.isaaa.org/

The World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/

Rockefeller Foundation
http://www.rockfound.org/

Dietary Supplement Information Bureau
http://www.supplementinfo.org

Biotechnology Information Centre, Malaysia
http://www.bic.org.my

Scidev.net: Website features links to articles related to science in developing countries, sponsored by major scientific journals and agencies, with articles freely available.

Nanotechnology
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http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/05/385&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
Questions and Answers Fact Sheet in Nanotechnology Risk Assessment by European Commission - October 2005

Regulatory Issues
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Central information hub for biological safety research in Germany
http://www.GMO-Safety.eu

List of currently active Environmental Use Permits for Plant-Incorporated Protectants, pesticidal substances produced by plants and the genetic material necessary for the plant to produce the substance.
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopesticides/pips/current_pip_eups.htm

Canada's voluntary labelling and advertising laws for foods that are or are not products of genetic engineering
http://www.pwgsc.gc.ca/cgsb/032_025/standard-e.html

http://www.icgeb.org/~bsafesrv/bsfdata3.htm
The ICGEB database, updated monthly, contains published references on biosafety studies.

http://usbiotechreg.nbii.gov
Contains a searchable database with information on all genetically engineered crop plants for food or feed that have completed the recommended or required reviews for food, feed, or planting use in the US

Environmental Biosafety Research
Environmental Biosafety Research (EBR) is an international journal, whose aim is to publish top quality research and review articles in areas pertinent to GMO biosafety.

Pew Initiative on Food and Biotehnology

Question and Answers on the regulation of GMOs in the EU: In October 2003 the European Commission issued a document containing questions and answers on the regulation of GMOs in the EU. Part A covers legislation in force; Part B covers the legislative proposals on traceability and labelling.

Research
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Biotechnology at Iowa State University (USA)
http://www.biotech.iastate.edu/

Biotechnology at University of California, Davis (USA)
http://www.biotech.ucdavis.edu/

Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (USA)
http://bti.cornell.edu/

Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, Texas A&M University (USA)
http://ipgb.tamu.edu/

Department of Plant and Microbial Biology , University of California, Berkeley (USA)
http://plantbio.berkeley.edu/

Department of Plant Biology, Ohio State University (USA)
http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~plantbio/plantbio.html

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis (USA)
http://www.danforthcenter.org/

European Molecular Biology Laboratory
http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/

Institute for Plant Sciences, ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
http://www.rereth.ethz.ch/agrl/pflanzen/pflanzen.prof_overview.html

John Innes Centre, Norwich (UK)
http://www.jic.bbsrc.ac.uk/

Max-Planck-Institut fuer Zuechtungsforschung, Koeln (Germany)
http://www.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/

North Carolina Biotechnology Centre (USA)
http://www.ncbiotech.org/

Roslin Institute Online (UK).
http://www.ri.bbsrc.ac.uk/

Scottish Crop Research Institute (UK)
http://www.scri.sari.ac.uk/

University of Illinois Biotechnology Center (USA)
http://www.biotech.uiuc.edu/

University of Missouri (USA)
http://cafnr.missouri.edu/

Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen (Netherlands)
http://www.wau.nl/welcome.html

Societies and Organizations
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EFB Task Group on Public Perceptions of Biotechnology
http://www.efbpublic.org/

EUFIC
http://www.eufic.org/

EUROPA-BIO (European biotech industry organization)
http://www.europabio.org/pages/index.asp

International Association for Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology
http://www.hos.ufl.edu/iaptcb/

International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
http://www.ismpminet.org/

International Society for Plant Molecular Biology
http://www.uga.edu/~ispmb/

National Agricultural Biotechnology Council
http://www.cals.cornell.edu/extension/nabc/

National Corn Growers' Association (USA)
http://www.ncga.com/

Modified Mon, Aug 25, 2008