Here are our Featured Link Archives: 2004 October September August July June May April March February January 2003 December November October September August July June May April March February January 2002 December November October September August July June May April March February January 2001 December November October September August July 2001 What use is GM food? (7/27/2001) Sir, The failure of this yearŐs wheat harvest and the resultant increase in price on world grain markets (report, July 23; see also letter, July 24) highlights yet again that we do not need genetically modified higher-yielding crops. We need water. There is food aplenty, so much so that in Europe we pay ever increasing sums to farmers not to grow it and in many parts of the world food is still burnt. The food shortages in the Horn of Africa can be alleviated by better transport, drought in Sudan by better supply of water, and so on. Commission improves rules on labelling and tracing of GMOs (7/26/2001) The superweeds are here (7/17/2001) Biotech food: an unhealthy endorsement (7/16/2001) American Corn Growers Association completes third annual GMO survey (7/16/2001) Signs of good soil (7/13/2001) 130 GM test crops revealed (7/11/2001) SECRET sites where genetically modified crops are being trialled in SA have been revealed for the first time, sparking concerns crops will be ripped up by protesters. The details of 130 GM crops were released by the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator over the weekend, a move Primary Industries Minister Rob Kerin said was irresponsible. Are Farmers planting too much Bt corn? (7/9/2001) Not since the introduction of synthetic insecticides in the 1950s has agriculture seen such a potentially powerful technology as genetically altered plants to fight pests. But that potential must be weighed against the risks of using it, according to a paper published in the May 2001 journal, BioScience. June May March February 2000 November October September August July June May April March February Featured Link