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Organic Consumers Association - a grassroots non-profit public interest organization which deals with crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, corporate accountability, and environmental sustainability.
True Food Network - a resource that you can come to for information and, most importantly, a place you can come to take action regarding GE foods.
GE Food Alert - a coalition of seven organizations united in their commitment to testing and labeling genetically engineered food.
Friends of the Earth - is the U.S. voice of an influential, international network of grassroots groups in 70 countries. Friends of the Earth has for decades been at the forefront of high-profile efforts to create a more healthy, just world. (search on genetic engineering)
Genetic Engineering Action Network - a diverse network of grassroots activists, national and community non-governmental organizations (NGOs), farmer and farm advocacy groups, academics and scientists who have come together to work on the myriad of issues surrounding biotechnology.
Greenpeace Canada - Greenpeace's Say No to Genetic Engineering webpage
The campaign to label genetically modified foods - Mission statement:To create a national grassroots consumer campaign for the purpose of lobbying Congress and the President to pass legislation that will require the labeling of genetically engineered foods in the United States
Say No to GMOs! - this site offers extensive information on the complex and controversial issue of genetic engineering.
Organic Trade Association - is the membership-based business association for the organic industry in North America. OTA's mission is to encourage global sustainability through promoting and protecting the growth of diverse organic trade.
World Rainforest Movement - For information about GM trees.
Technical data:
http://go.ucsusa.org/food_and_environment/pharm/index.php - Union of Concerned Scientist's database of field trials
http://www.texpirg.org/TX.asp?id2=16715&id3=TX& - PIRG's Raising Risk Field Testing of GE Crops in the U.S.
http://www.nbiap.vt.edu/cfdocs/fieldtests1.cfm - USDA's searchable database of field trials of GE crops, run by Virginia Tech University
http://www.gmcontaminationregister.org - Contamination Register
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/AgBiotechIP/ - USDA Agricultural Biotechnology Intellectual Property
Royal Society Report - Royal Society of Canada's report Expert Panel on the Future of Food Biotechnology
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