Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Source: Marc Kaufmann, Washington Post, March 8, 2001 The Agriculture Department will spend up to $20 million this year to compensate seed companies for corn mixed with an unapproved genetically modified variety — the first direct federal bailout of food producers harmed by biotechnology. Using funds […]
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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Source: Washington Post, September 17, 1999 Editorial THE HULLABALLOO in Europe about genetically engineered foods is starting to spill over into American markets — not in consumer opinion but in strategic choices being made by American producers. The giant commodity buyer Archer Daniels Midland, faced with the combined […]
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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Source: Lisa M. Krieger, San Jose Mecury News, Febrary 17, 2000 PACIFIC GROVE — The genetic-research pioneers who 25 years ago warned of public-health and environmental catastrophes if their science went awry are debating a new threat: rampant commercialization and carelessness. A quarter-century after they first gathered […]
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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Press Release DuPont October 1, 1999 Contact: Susan Gaffney DuPont 302-774-2698 WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 1 – DuPont today announced the completion of the stock and cash merger with Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Earlier today Pioneer shareholders approved the merger in which DuPont acquired the 80 percent […]
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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Source: Tim Todd, Bridge News, March 31, 2000 San Diego–Mar 29–A coalition of seven, competing biotechnology companies is poised within the next several days to launch an unprecedented multi-media, multi-million dollar advertisement campaign to better explain the controversial genetically modified organisms (GMO) technology, a member of the organization […]
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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Souce: Financial Times Canada, October 3, 2001 LEVERKUSEN, Germany, – Bayer AG said on yesterday it was buying Aventis’s CropScience unit for 7.25 billion euros (US$6.63-billion), including 1.9 billion euros in debt, vaulting it to number two in the global agrochemicals market. Analysts said the deal, which […]
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