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2001
Nov - #36 Food Fight in a Time of Crisis
Aug - #35 Action Alert on Bt Crops
July - #34 Agbiotech Aggression --- (pdf format)
May - #33 Biotech Bullies: The Debate Intensifies
Boletín Noticias de BioDemocracia
Mar. - #32 - Starbucks
Jan. - #31 America's Food Safety Crisis - pdf format
BOLETÍN BIODEMOCRACIA num 31, ENERO 2001 (Spanish Translation)

2000 - BioDemocracy News
Nov - #30 StarLink: More Bad News for Biotech
Sept - #29 Bursting the Biotech Bubble
July - #28 Son of Frankenfoods
May - #27: Who's Winning the Frankenfoods Fight?
April - #26
Mar -#25 Organic Standards Revisited
Feb - #24 February 2000 (formerly CFS News)

1999
Dec - #23--After Seattle: Has Global Opposition Killed AgBiotech?

10,21 - CFS News #22 Has Global Opposition Killed Ag Biotech?

Campaign for Food Safety News #21 - Aug 24th
Hazards of Genetically Engineered Foods and Crops: Why We Need A Global Moratorium

Campaign for Food Safety News #20 - July 14, 1999 -
Derailing the Biotech Express: US & Global Activists at the Crossroads

Campaign for Food Safety News #19
- June 4, 1999
Beef Hormones, Irradiation, & Mad Deer: America's Food Safety Crisis Continues
? US Moves to Eliminate or Reduce Labeling Requirements for Irradiated Foods
? America's "Mad Deer" Epidemic: A Public Health Time Bomb Set to Explode?

CFS News #18 - April 16, 1999 -
Global Action Intensifies Against Monsanto & the Gene Giants
? Information on Global Days of Action April 15-30

Food Bytes #17 -March 2, 1999 -
Global Resistance Mounts Against Monsanto & Gentic Engineering - SPANISH ver.
? Global Days of Action Against Monsanto & Genetic Engineering April 15-30, 1999

Food Bytes #16 Jan. 28, 1999 -
Organics Under Fire: The U.S. Debate Continues
? Food Safety Crisis in the USA
? The EPA Pesticide Brochure: Killing Us Softly
? The Hard Kill: "Organic Food is Dangerous"
? Consumers Smack the USDA Once Again on Organic Standards

1998
Food Bytes #15 Dec. 9, 1998 -
Cremate Monsanto - Global Opposition Intensifies

Food Bytes #14
Nov. 8, 1998 -
Save Organic Standards Round Two: Nationwide Battle Continues
? Action Alert- USDA Position Paper Reopens Official Comment Period Until Dec. 14th on   National Organic Standards - Urgent Action Needed Now, Send E-mails, Faxes or Letters to USDA
? Campaign for Food Safety & Organic Watch Form Letter for Official Comments to the USDA - Keep Factory Farming out of Organic Food Production & Ensure Consumer Protection Against Organic Fraud

Food Bytes #13 Oct. 31, 1998 -
Pie in the Eye: A Bad Month for Monsanto
? Media Matters: The New York Times Discovers the Gene Food Controversy
? Action Alert: Help Win the Ground Breaking Lawsuit Against the FDA

Food Bytes #12 Sept. 23, 1998 -
GE "Frankenfoods" & Crops: Measuring the Global Resistance
? Third Annual Global Days of Action Oct. 2-16

Food Bytes #11 August 3, 1998 -
Activists Launch U.S. Mass Movement Against Gene Foods & Industrial Agriculture
? British and European Resistance Intensifies
? Global Days of Action Announced for October 1998

Food Bytes #10 June 5, 1998 -
Organic Standards Controversy
? Open Letter to U.S. Organic Consumers
? Announcing a New National Activist Organization, The Organic Consumers Association (OCA)
? Eight Steps to Build an OCA Network in Your Local Area

 Food Bytes #9 June 2, 1998 -
Special Issue on Genetically  Engineered Foods
? Public Interest Coalition Sues U.S. Government to Force Mandatory Labeling and Safety Testing of Genetically Engineered Foods
? U.S. Manipulates GATT Codex Alimentarius Commission to Avoid Mandatory Labeling of Gene- Altered Foods
? U.S. and International Anti-Biotech Activists Will Gather in St. Louis, Missouri July 17-19

Food Bytes #8 April 17, 1998 -
Organic Standards: Who Really Speaks for the Organic Consumer
? Food Irradiation: Another Assault on Public Health & Consumer Choice
?Monsanto and Fox TV Supress Investigative Report on rBGH

Food Bytes #7 February 15, 1998 -
National Organic Standards: The Battle We Can't Afford to Lose

Food Bytes #6
  Jan 20, 1998
Rebellion Mounts Against USDA's Proposed National Organic Standards
? Oprah Winfrey and Activist Howard Lyman Go on Trial in Amarillo, Texas Jan. 20 in America's First "Food Slander" Trial
? EU Consumers and Farmers Continue Battle Against Gene-Altered Foods
? More Biotech Madness: Mutant Cotton, Supercharged Cigarettes and Cows
Food Bytes #6 Supplement
? Supplement -Materials Provided for Use in Commenting on USDA's Proposed Rules for the Implementation of the Organic Foods Production Act - Organic Watch's 16 Issues of Major Concern

1997
Food Bytes #5 Dec. 20, 1997 -
Action Alert - S.O.S. Save Organic Standards in the USA!

Food Bytes #4
Dec. 11, 1997 -
USDA Will Finally Release of The Contoversial Proposed National Organic Food Standards Dec. 15
? Oprah Winfrey and Howard Lyman's Mad Cow "Food Slander" Trial Schedualed to Begin in Texas on Jan. 5, 1998
? FDA Reform & Food Irradiation Bill Signed by Clinton on Nov. 21
? Monsanto's Biotech Blunders and Disasters Continue

Food Bytes #3 Nov. 4, 1997 -
USDA To Publish Proposed National Organic Standards in Novemeber
? Organic Foods Boom as Consumer Food Safety Concerns in U.S. Increase
? Activists in 16 Nations Carry Out Successful Global Days of Action

Food Bytes #2 Sept. 24, 1997 -
Grain Cartels Sabotage Trade in Non-GE Crops
? USA and EU Battle on Beef Tallow and Mad Cow Issues
? Mad Cow USA: Could the Nightmare Happen Here
? Let them Eat Feces: Agribusiness Moves to Restrict Food Labeling in USA

Food Bytes #1 Sept. 22, 1997 -
Global Coalition Demands US Authorities Take Bt Crops off the Market
? Biotech Fails Again: Monsanto's Roundup Resistant Cotton Bombs in the Fields
? Activists Prepare for Second Global Days of Action Oct. 2-17


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