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Help Stop the Destruction of the Canadian Wheat Board
The Canadian Wheat Board is under attack - here's why YOU should care...
Wendy R. Holm, P.Ag. September 2006 www.theholmteam.ca/CWB.html

Popular Education kit
Myths and Facts about GE foods (PDF): English - French
Talking Points (PDF): English - French

Municipal lobbying kit
Myths and Facts about GE foods (PDF): English - French
Talking Points (PDF): English - French

Royal Society of Canada - Expert Panel on the Future of Food Biotechnology (Report)
Elements of Precaution: Recommendations for the Regulation of Food Biotechnology in Canada
February 2001

Stolen Seeds: The privatization of Canada’s agricultural biodiversity - By Devin Kuyek (Report)
Seeds are sown and then grow into plants. The plants are harvested and some of the seeds from the plants return to the earth to produce another crop.
This cycle is the foundation of agriculture. It may appear simple, but within it there is tremendous complexity...

Monsanto files patent for new invention: The pig [02 August 2005]
Greenpeace researcher uncovers chilling patent plans

You can take action against Monsanto at: www.greenpeace.org/no-pig-patent

Ban Terminator Seeds - Join the Canadian Campaign
Terminator Technology: Suicide Seeds Are Back!
The Ban Terminator Campaign seeks to promote government bans on Terminator technology at the national and international levels, and supports the efforts of civil society, farmers, Indigenous peoples and social movements to campaign against it.
Visit www.banterminator.org for action ideas, information and campaign materials.

Life Is Not For Sale (Brochure)
The genetic engineering (GE) of our food supply is not the only concern brought by the advent of biotechnology.
In courtrooms and regulatory institutions around the world, another battle is being waged.
It is the battle over the biotech industry's right to patent GE crops - and therefore claim ownership of these living organisms...

So, Who really won the Schmeiser Decision? (Report)
E. Ann Clark, Ph.D, University of Guelph

Voluntary Labelling and Advertising of Foods That Are and Are Not Products of Genetic Engineering (Poll)
The Canadian government released an inadequate voluntary labelling standard this week which ignores the overwhelming demand for the mandatory labelling of all foods containing genetically engineered (GE) ingredients...

       
 

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