March 12, 2005 Bee wins finalist honors for two series
Dec. 16, 2004 Open-field 'pharma' is targeted
Dec. 1, 2004 UCD cleared in seed mix-up
Oct. 28, 2004 Voters may set biotech future
Sept. 21, 2004 Biotech grass found far afield
Aug. 16, 2004 Biotech bans finally arouse farm industry
Aug. 4, 2004 Trinity bans biotech farming
Aug. 1, 2004 Report: Five-year deal with Novartis hurt UC Berkeley
July 28, 2004 Panel: Monitor biotech foods
July 22, 2004 Groups target altering of rice
July 18, 2004 Rice growers fear biotech ban
June 25, 2004 Opinion: Biotech - Keep it, but regulate it
June 20, 2004 Editorial: Rethink biotech safety
June 13, 2004 Editorial: The public domain
June 10, 2004 Biotech firm seeks friendlier fields afar
June 9, 2004 No mass presence at protest
June 8, 2004 World battles over biotech firms in S.F.
June 7, 2004 Biotech sees role in obesity fight
June 6, 2004 Reaping the rebound: West Sac firm hopes to ride biotech wave
June 5, 2004 Biotechnology, S.F. activism collide Sunday at conference
May 18, 2004 U.N.: Biotech ignores Third World
May 12, 2004 Rice panel urged to get new lawyer - conflict alleged: The attorney works for a firm that has big biotech clients
May 11, 2004 Biotech wheat program shelved: Growers' resistance proves too much for Monsanto
May 6, 2004 In-transition AgraQuest hires CEO
April 30, 2004 UC Davis to help promote biotech crops
April 10, 2004 Protein rice suffers setback: Ruling allows more public comment on engineered crops
March 30, 2004 Panel OKs bid to raise modified rice
March 23, 2004 Alfalfa partnership sprouts to develop salt-tolerant crop: Davis biotech startup and giant Woodland seed company are combining forces
March 5, 2004 Biotech ban may sprout others: Mendocino County's action rattles genetic engineering industry
March 3, 2004 Anti-biotech measure approved: Mendocino's Measure H backers overcome a huge fund-raising disadvantage
February 24, 2004 Altered genes found in seeds: Study shows a broad invasion in canola, soybeans and corn
February 21, 2004 Mendocino message: A county ballot measure to ban genetically engineered crops draws national interest -- and big money -- from both sides
January 25, 2004 Biotech company cultivates new field
January 21, 2004 Biotech plants get legal test
January 19, 2004 Unlikely hero: Canadian farmer stands up against Monsanto in biotech battle
January 3, 2004 Mendocino new biotech battlefield
December 31, 2003 Mix-up leaves biotech project at CSUS withering on the vine
December 31, 2003 Ballot wording kept
December 19, 2003 Biotech seeds shipped in error: Over a 7-year period, UCD sent researchers the tomato samples
December 12, 2003 UCD genetic studies boosted: $10 million in grants will help research on wheat and rice crops
December 5, 2003 Hot debate over biotech wheat: FDA's review of product is expected soon
December 4, 2003 'GloFish' won't be lighting up the state
December 4, 2003 Biotech food ban faces March vote
November 20, 2003 UC Berkeley's research deal still a hot issue: The partnership with Novartis supplied welcome funds but raised concern about control and secrecy
November 19, 2003 Biotech critics gain a victory: Mendocino voters may decide on local ban of altered crops
November 12, 2003 Seeds of worry on Roundup: The heavy use of the popular herbicide is spawning weeds that resist it
October 29, 2003 Biotech partnership
October 16, 2003 UCD opens cutting-edge ag complex: The $18 million plan science facilities combine traditional farming with high-tech research
October 4, 2003 Mendocino anti-biotech petitions are turned in
September 26, 2003 Seeds of dissent: Anti-biotech effort takes root
September 18, 2003 Confusion, ignorance about biotech food
August 11, 2003 Altered meat, milk waiting in the wings: Even if the FDA gives consent, will the public go for them?
July 22, 2003 2 area winners from ag meeting: AgraQuest and UC Davis draw inquiries on several fronts from foreign nations
July 22, 2003 Study boosts biotech foods
July 12, 2003 Report: Biotech buys D.C. clout
July 11, 2003 UCD joins biotech drive on hunger
June 29, 2003 Sowing seeds of change: 'Sustainable' farming and its environmental concerns get new push at UC Davis
June 26, 2003 Water -- more than biotechnology -- was on the minds of many delegates
June 25, 2003 Expo a crossroad of ideas: Some attendees are straying from the ag event's theme
June 24, 2003 Protest loud, mostly peaceful: Officers, out in full force, make just nine arrests
June 24, 2003 1,000 pack theater for public debate on biotechnology: The heavily policed event was spirited but mostly civil
June 23, 2003 Massive protest roils downtown: 20 arrested as 2,000 demonstrate against international ag conference
June 23, 2003 Biotech is hot topic at meeting
June 23, 2003 Pope to receive report on genetically altered foods
June 22, 2003 Early expo protesters peaceable
June 18, 2003 Everyone's thinking green: Police, activists, businesses clear the decks for ag expo
June 15, 2003 Biotech and hunger -- empty promises? Critics will confront scientists on genetic modification of food
Books
“Bioevolution: How Biotechnology is Changing Our World” by Michael Fumento, journalist and author.
“Dangerous Liaisons” by UC Riverside geneticist Norman Ellstrand.
“Dinner at the New Gene Café” by Bill Lambrecht, reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
“The Doubly Green Revolution” by Gordon Conway, Rockefeller Foundation president.
“Eating in the Dark” by Kathleen Hart, health journalist.
“First Fruit” by Belinda Martineau, a scientist living in Davis who worked on the Flavr Savr tomato.
“Food, Inc.” by journalist Peter Pringle.
“Food's Frontier” by journalist Richard Manning.
“Lords of the Harvest” by journalist Daniel Charles, a regular contributor to National Public Radio.
“Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology and Bioterrorism” by New York University nutritionist Marion Nestle.
“Seeds of Contention” by Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Ebbe Schioler, world development specialists.
“Seeds of Deception” by activist Jeffrey Smith.
Information Systems for Biotechnology, part of the USDA's National Biological Impact Assessment Program: www.nbiap.vt.edu
AGBIOS, a Canadian company that provides public policy, regulatory, and risk assessment expertise: www.agbios.com
U.S. biotech information from USDA, FDA and EPA: http://usbiotechreg.nbii.gov
World Health Organization: www.who.int/foodsafety/biotech/en
UC Davis biotechnology program: www.biotech.ucdavis.edu
UC Davis Seed Biotechnology Center: http://groups.ucanr.org/sbc
Cornell University Public Issues Education Project: www.geo-pie.cornell.edu
Center for Food Safety: www.centerforfoodsafety.org
Center for Science in the Public Interest: www.cspinet.org
Consumers Union: www.consumersunion.org
Ecologic Inc. manages site for consortium of scientific, environmental and consumer organizations: www.biotech-info.net
Institute of Science in Society: www.i-sis.org.uk/index.php
International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications: www.isaaa.org
The Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology: http://pewagbiotech.org
Union of Concerned Scientists: www.ucsusa.org
Biotechnology Industry Organization, the leading industry group: www.bio.org
Bayer CropScience: www.bayercropscience.com
DuPont: www.dupont.com/biotech
Monsanto Co.: www.monsanto.com
Syngenta: www.syngenta.com
Ventria Bioscience, a Sacramento company developing pharmaceutical rice: www.ventria.com
Source: Bee research by Edie Lau and Mike Lee