RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Websites

Californians for GE-Free Agriculture, www.calgefree.org
Statewide coalition provides education and resources for farmers and communities to address the environmental, health and economic risks of GE agriculture.

Occidental Arts & Ecology Center, www.OAEC.org
OAEC is an 80-acre organic farm & educational center working for ecological agriculture, watershed restoration, food crop and wildlands biodiversity, and grassroots democracy; sponsors of GE-Free Sonoma County.

Alliance for Bio-Integrity, www.bio-integrity.org
Reports on their lawsuit to obtain mandatory safety testing and labeling of genetically engineered foods and on the performance of GE crops.

Ag Biotech Info Net, www.biotech-info.net
Covers all aspects of the application of biotechnology and genetic engineering in agricultural production and food processing and marketing. Focus is on scientific reports and findings and technical analysis, although it also covers emerging issues of widespread interest, developments in the policy arena, and major media coverage.

American Corn Growers Association, www.acga.org
Information on the consequences of GE crops for farmers in the U.S.

Center for Ethics and Toxics, www.cetos.org
The website of the Biotechnology Project.

Center for Food Safety, www.centerforfoodsafety.org
CFS conducts legal and grassroots campaigns to promote sustainable agriculture. This site is a great resource for legal and regulatory issues surrounding GE.

Council for Responsible Genetics, www.gene-watch.org
About the social, ethical and environmental implications of genetic technologies.

Cropchoice, www.cropchoice.com
An alternative news source for American farmers.

Edmonds Institute, www.edmonds-institute.org/newdoor.html
Database on the revolving door between federal regulatory agencies and the biotechnology industry.

Farmers Legal Action Group, www.flaginc.com
Publish many farmer-oriented documents on all kinds of agricultural issues including GE, most recently "The Farmer's Guide to GMOs".

Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy, www.foodfirst.org
Information on how GE crops affect hunger, poverty and farmers worldwide.

Friends of the Earth, www.foe.org/safefood/geplants.html

GE Alert, www.canadians.org/ge-alert/index2.html
An independent group of scientists, academics, and agricultural professionals committed to informing Canadians about the implications of agricultural genetic engineering. Contains resources for critiquing the science of GE.

GE-Free Vermont, www.gefreevt.org
A coalition calling for a "time-out" on GE agriculture in Vermont. Have passed a seed labeling law, many non-binding township resolutions throughout Vermont, and are working on a liability bill and a moratorium at the state level.

Genetic Engineering Action Network, www.geaction.org
GEAN is a diverse network of grassroots activists, community organizations, farmers and scientists. This website is a national clearinghouse for information and resources.

GMWatch, www.gmwatch.org
Current developments and background information on the corporations behind GE.

Greenpeace, www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/genetic-engineering

Institute of Science in Society, www.i-sis.org.uk
Extensive information on all aspects of biotechnology.

National Family Farm Coalition, www.nffc.net/issues/geissues.html
Policy and background information regarding the impact of GE agriculture on farmers.

Northeast Resistance Against Genetic Engineering, www.nerage.org
neRAGE is a network of biotechnology activists, organizations and concerned individuals working in the north eastern parts of north America. Their website is updated regularly with the latest GE news from around the world.

Northern Plains Resource Council, www.nprcmt.org/ourwork
Organizing farmers in opposition to GE wheat and in support of a local food system.

Organic Consumers Association, www.organicconsumers.org
The OCA website has information posted daily on GE and a variety of other food related issues. They also publish electronic newsletters on GE and industrial agriculture.

Sierra Club, www.sierraclub.org/policy/conservation/biotech.asp
Current developments and background information on the corporations behind GE.

Union of Concerned Scientists, www.ucsusa.org
The UCS website has good background papers on GE and also a list of crops which have been allowed on the market.

USDA APHIS Field Test Releases, www.nbiap.vt.edu/cfdocs/fieldtests1.cfm
Search for current status of pending and approved field trials throughout the U.S.

Books

Against the Grain. Mark Lappé and Britt Bailey, Earthscan, London, 1999. Focuses on GE and agriculture.

Eating In The Dark: America's Experiment with Genetically Engineered Food. Kathleen Hart, Pantheon Books, 2002. Thoroughly balanced and well-researched book.

Fatal Harvest: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture. Andrew Kimbrell (ed.) Island Press, Covelo, California, 2002.

Genetic Engineering, Food, and Our Environment. Luke Anderson, Chelsea Green Publishing Co., White River Junction, VT, 2000. A concise, comprehensive primer on the subject of GE. Quick reading, and packed with information and resources.

GM Food and Hunger: A View from the South. Devinder Sharma, New Delhi: Forum for Biotechnology & Food Security, 2004 (orders: dsharma@del6.vsnl.net.in). A collection of Sharma's passionate essays exposing how the 'gene revolution', just like the Green Revolution, will bypass the hungry.

Living with the Fluid Genome. Mae-Wan Ho, London: Institute of Science in Society, 2003. A geneticist explains why genetic engineering cannot work, and tells of her own struggle against a corrupt scientific establishment.

Seeds of Change, The Living Treasure: The Passionate Story of the Growing Movement to Restore Biodiversity and Revolutionize the Way We Think About Food. Kenny Ausubel.
Harper, San Francisco, California, 1994.

Seeds of Deception. Jeffrey M. Smith,Totnes, Devon: Green Books, 2004. An account of the GM foods scam that's as riveting as a thriller without compromising on the science.

Shattering: Food, Politics, and the Loss of Genetic Diversity. Cary Fowler and Pat Mooney, University of Arizona Press, Tuscon, AZ, 1990.
An excellent and comprehensive presentation on subjects of the value of agricultural diversity, the crisis of genetic erosion, the politics and business of plant genetics, and genetic resource conservation.

Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply. Vandana Shiva, South End Press, Cambridge, MA, 2000. A thorough overview of the international effects of GE, free trade and corporate globalization on our food system.

The Biotech Century: Harnessing the Gene and Remaking the World. Jeremy Rifkin, Tarcher/Putnam, New York, 1998. Good overview of recent developments in GE technology.

Videos

The Future of Food. by Debora Koons Garcia (90 min) . best overall film on GE food, farmers, health, intl impacts, more- available from GE-Free Sonoma County, click here to order, or from www.thefutureoffood.com .

Unnatural Selection, by Bertram Verhaag and Hidden Dangers in Kids Meals, by Jeffrey Smith (sold together as "The GMO Trilogy") available in natural food stores, or from www.seedsofdeception.com