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31 December 2005 - Ventria cancels move to Northwest Missouri (AP)
17 December 2005 - Crop testing (New Scientist)
16 December 2005 - GM Contamination Accelerating (ISIS)
15 December 2005 - South Korea cell scientist faked results (Reuters)
15 December 2005 - Safety of artificial sweetener called into question by MP (Guardian, UK)
14 December 2005 - Mandelson rounds on 'fake' US food aid (Independent, UK)
14 December 2005 - Vandana Shiva takes fight against Monsanto to Hong Kong (WebIndia)
14 December 2005 - Poor farmers are hungry to have their say on agriculture (Guardian, UK)
14 December 2005 - Global Food Trade & the New Slave Labour (ISIS)
13 December 2005 - Some Strings Attached: Cotton, Farm subsidies tie up global trade talks (CW)
13 December 2005 - Third GM food suit filed in Shanghai (Xi)
12 December 2005 - Biopiracy and GMOs: The Fate of Iraq's Agriculture (GlobalResearch.ca)
9 December 2005 - Influence of Planting Papaya Ringspot Virus Resistant Transgenic Papaya on Soil Microbial Biodiversity (J. Agric. Food Chem.)
8 December 2005 - GM animal tests continue to rise (BBC News)
30 November 2005 - Critics decry GM rule in Iraq (The Scientist)
25 November 2005 - New evidence of harm from GM food triggers call for immediate ban (GM Free Cymru)
21 November 2005 - GM Pea Causes Allergic Damage in Mice (New Scientist)
18 October 2005 - World Food Day - genetically engineered rice (Znet)
17 October 2005 - Call for GM contamination tribunal (ABC News, Australia)
17 October 2005 - Cambodia targets organic market (BBC News)
14 October 2005 - Scepticism over Chinese GM rice claims (SciDev.Net)
14 October 2005 - Contract harvesters unhappy GM protocols not established (ABC News, Australia)
14 October 2005 - G8 summit police lied, says report (BBC News)
14 October 2005 - UN World Food Day - Asians Call for Ban on GE Rice (Greenpeace)
13 October 2005 - Judge Delays Decision on Sainsbury's GM-Fed Milk Trial (GEN)
12 October 2005 - EU will not accept tolerance levels (NGMF)
12 October 2005 - African Food for Africa's Starving Is Roadblocked in Congress (NY Times)
12 October 2005 - UN Cautions Over GM trees (ISIS)
11 October 2005 - Peruvian Farmers Move to End Terminator Seeds (IPS)
10 October 2005 - Genetically Engineered Organisms Out of Control in Romania (Greenpeace)
10 October 2005 - Canola industry urged to clarify GM issue (ABC News, Australia)
9 October 2005 - Warning over genetically-modified animal feed (Ireland on Line)
9 October 2005 - GM crop ruins fields for 15 years (Independent, UK)
9 October 2005 - Call for MAF to improve biosecurity protocols (GE Free NZ)
7 October 2005 - New EPA Research Head Comes With Tight Corporate Ties (NSN)
6 October 2005 - First Australian farmer falls prey to GE contamination (Greenpeace)
6 October 2005 - Less is More for Nepali Rice (ISIS)
6 October 2005 - Five Face Trial over Sainsbury’s GM-Fed Milk (GEN)
5 October 2005 - Viva New Mexico! Aspartame Finally Imperiled! (BM)
4 October 2005 - GM crops for Africa? No Thanks! (ISIS)
3 October 2005 - Letter sent to Peter Mandelson, EU Trade Commissioner (GM Free Cymru)
28 September 2005 - Independent enquiry demanded on Bt cotton (Gene Campaign)
24 September 2005 - Tennessee Researchers Confirm Glyphosate-Resistant Pigweed (BJ)
16 September 2005 - GM protesters cleared of charges (BBC News)
16 September 2005 - Greenpeace 13 acquitted in GM trial - Campaigners reveal illegal varieties of GM are being imported into UK (Greenpeace)
15 September 2005 - Canola destroyed over contamination (Herald Sun, Australia)
13 September 2005 - GM ship carrying illegal feed (BBC News)
13 September 2005 - Activist defends GM cargo ship protest (IC Wales)
12 September 2005 - Researchers say University of Manitoba blocked video on GM crops (CP Wire)
11 September 2005 - China cultivates record high-yield [non-GM] super rice (Xinhuanet)
11 September 2005 - Crop spraying is health risk, say scientists (Times, UK)
11 September 2005 - Chief Minister urged to rethink on GM crops (The Statesman, India)
9 September 2005 - Appeal to EC and world for caution over GMO contamination (CI)
8 September 2005 - Ukraine Agriculture Ministry Seeks to Ban GMO Soy Imports (Reuters)
8 September 2005 - "No Approval for New GE Cows" says ERMA (GE Free NZ)
7 September 2005 - Ecology is key to effective aid, UN told (Nature)
6 September 2005 - Press release from the volunteer reapers (FV, French)
6 September 2005 - Call for GM crop ban as Europe over-rules its ministers (Western Mail, UK)
6 September 2005 - More genetically-modified papaya contamination found (AFX)
6 September 2005 - Remove your unwanted genes Bayer Cropscience (NCF)
6 September 2005 - Government pressured to identify GM-tainted canola (ABC News, Australia)
5 September 2005 - Scientists guilty of 'hyping' benefits of gene research (Independent, UK)
4 September 2005 - Poverty and Hunger in New Orleans and Africa (Robert Vint)
2 September 2005 - What Iraq's order 81 really means for farmers (Private Eye, UK)
1 September 2005 - Kenya halts first field trials of GM maize (SciDev.net)
31 August 2005 - Debate heats up over Sonoma county GMO initiative (Argus-Courier)
9 August 2005 - Australian crops face 'serious genetic contamination' (NZ Herald)
8 August 2005 - GM maize could be secretly grown in Britain (FoE)
8 August 2005 - EU authorises GMO maize type by legal rubberstamp (Reuters)
7 August 2005 - GM contamination found in Western Australia - farmers insist on recall (NCF)
27 July 2005 - GE maize found in sample grown in NZ (NZPA)
26 July 2005 - Bayer withdraws GMO oilseed rape (FoE)
26 July 2005 - Weed discovery brings calls for GM ban (Guardian, UK)
25 July 2005 - GM crops created super weed, say scientists (Guardian, UK)
25 July 2005 - The Side Effects of Drugged Crops (Business Week)
25 July 2005 - Asian flour mills unlikely to take GM (ABC, Australia)
18 July 2005 - GM canola creates foreign customer concerns (ABC News, Australia)
15 July 2005 - GM Free Brazil Bulletin #21 (GMFB)
14 July 2005 - Farmers slam Bayer Cropscience for contamination (NCF)
13 July 2005 - Organic farming produces same corn and soybean yields as conventional farms, but consumes less energy and no pesticides, study finds (CU)
12 July 2005 - Farmers not ready for 'Bt' corn (Manilla Times)
24 June 2005 - EU Governments Maintain GM Crop Bans (PA News)
24 June 2005 - GM crop bans survive Euro votes (BBC News)
24 June 2005 - EU ministers uphold sovereign right to ban GMOs (Reuters)
21 June 2005 - 'Useless GM file' attack (Western Mail, UK)
21 June 2005 - Port of Paranagua stops GM exports despite court ruling (just-food.com)
21 June 2005 - Fake Blood on the Maize (freezerbox.com)
20 June 2005 - Food agency accused of censoring GM documents (Farmers Weekly, UK)
20 June 2005 - Three EU states seen keeping ban on GMO maize type (Reuters)
19 June 2005 - Food agency accused of Stalinist tactics over GM maize cover-up (Independent, UK)
6 June 2005 - US lobby says world not ready for GM wheat (Reuters)
29 May 2005 - Genetically engineered crops contaminate fields and food around the world (Greenpeace)
25 May 2005 - Indian Farmers Win Battle Against GM Cotton (IPS, India)
23 May 2005 - EU demands Monsanto's test results on controversial corn (AFP)
22 May 2005 - Revealed: health fears over secret study into GM food (Independent, UK)
20 May 2005 - GM sweetcorn from Monsanto rejected by EU states, again (FoodNavigator)
20 May 2005 - China Says Ratifies GMO Transparency Treaty (Reuters)
17 May 2005 - Europe's regions demand 'power-sharing' over GMO crop decisions (FoE)
16 May 2005 - Thailand in Bt crop battle (AFP)
10 May 2005 - Greenpeace strongly denies that it supports genetic engineering (Greenpeace)
9 May 2005 - Demand for Organic Foods Soaring (AP)
6 May 2005 - Monsanto Dealt Defeat in Attempt to Invade Brazilian Schools (GM-Free Brazil)
5 May 2005 - Competition grows in the biopharming market (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
30 April 2005 - Biotech rice company moves again (Sacramento Bee)
28 April 2005 - EU ministers reject GM ingredient, again (Food Navigator)
28 April 2005 - Biotech firm puts off rice crop here [St Louis, Missouri] (St Louis Post Dispatch)
27 April 2005 - US Corn Grower Official Cites Japan Biotech Qualms (Reuters)
27 April 2005 - Farmers' anger over GM's 'undue influence' (The Scotsman)
26 April 2005 - Patents on Rice: the Genetic Engineering Hypocrisy (Greenpeace)
26 April 2005 - Suzuki warns against hastily accepting GMOs (Leader-Post, Canada)
25 April 2005 - EU lab OKs testing method for biotech corn (AP)
25 April 2005 - GM fear as human liver gene is put into rice (Daily Telegraph, UK)
18 April 2005 - Stalking Genetically Modified Corn (Spiegel Online)
18 April 2005 - America's "Unbelievable Sloppiness!" caused GM corn blockade (Spiegel Online)
17 April 2005 - US sent banned corn to Europe for four years (Independent, UK)
16 April 2005 - E.U. Votes Ban on U.S. Corn Gluten (Washington Post)
16 April 2005 - Plans Scrapped For Growing Genetically Modified Rice In Bootheel (Missourinet)
16 April 2005 - China's Problem With 'Anti-Pest' Rice (New York Times)
15 April 2005 - EU nations agree to ban suspect U.S. corn gluten imports (AP)
15 April 2005 - EU Clashes with U.S. Over GMO Maize Feed Imports (Reuters)
15 April 2005 - Member states urged to block illegal US maize imports (FoE)
13 April 2005 - EU set to ban US maize feed after GM scare (EU Politix)
13 April 2005 - EU moves to restrict US maize imports (FoE)
12 April 2005 - Anheuser-Busch to boycott state's rice if genetic alterations allowed (Kansas City Star)
11 April 2005 - EU considers suspending U.S. corn gluten imports in biotech dispute (AP)
8 April 2005 - EU mulls U.S. trade ban in illegal GMO import row (Reuters)
8 April 2005 - Syngenta fined for introducing unauthorised GM corn into US (AFP)
5 April 2005 - Vermont Senate passes Farmer Protection Act
3 April 2005 - Food watchdog is 'biased against organic food', says its own review (Independent, UK)
1 April 2005 - Joint US-UK cover-up alleged over GM maize (Guardian, UK)
31 March 2005 - US officials fret over South Korea's response to GM corn mix-up (Dow Jones)
31 March 2005 - Genetic ID responds to industry need to Bt10 detection (Genetic ID)
30 March 2005 - Warning signs point to risks of GM foods (The Scotsman)
29 March 2005 - Riceland Stands Against Genetically Modified Rice in Southeast Missouri (AP)
25 March 2005 - Environmental Group Calls on Government to Immediately Release Information on Unapproved Genetically Engineered Corn (FoE)
24 March 2005 - Japan tests for modified corn from U.S. (Reuters)
24 March 2005 - Syngenta sold wrong GE maize -- for four years (Greenpeace)
23 March 2005 - Has illegal GM maize been sold in the UK? (FoE)
22 March 2005 - Poland asks EU to ban genetically modified corn cultivation for two years (EU Business)
22 March 2005 - US launches probe into sales of unapproved transgenic corn (Nature)
22 March 2005 - The end for GM crops: Final British trial confirms threat to wildlife (Independent, UK)
21 March 2005 - GM study shows potential harm (BBC News)
21 March 2005 - Food security through an Organic Revolution - London, UK
19 March 2005 - Biotech firm rejects GM crop (FoE)
17 March 2005 - Pharmaceutical Rice in Missouri Threatens Food Supply (NN)
17 March 2005 - Golden Rice is a technical failure standing in way of real solutions for vitamin A deficiency (Greenpeace)
17 March 2005 - Argentina slams Monsanto for "attitude" on GMO royalties (Dow Jones)
16 March 2005 - Monsanto: Biotech wheat revival unlikely (Reuters)
16 March 2005 - Nigerian consumer body rejects GMOs (Angola Press)
15 March 2005 - World Consumer Rights Day 2005 - Focus on GMOs
12 March 2005 - African consumers say NO to GMOs
10 March 2005 - UK Firms Drop GMO Study, Seek to Boost Regular Seed (Reuters)
10 March 2005 - European Patent Office revokes neem patent rights (Financial Express, India)
9 March 2005 - Can GMOs End World Hunger? - Farmers, scientists and policy analyst from the developing world say no! (CNW)
8 March 2005 - Greenpeace strikes out against GM milk (Western Mail, UK)
8 March 2005 - Iraqi Government Urged to Revoke "Cynical and Wicked" Patent Law (ISIS)
8 March 2005 - White Earth members seek ban on genetically modified wild rice (NM)
4 March 2005 - Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange sue US chemical companies (Independent, UK)
3 March 2005 - Greenpeace exposes Government-Monsanto nexus to cheat Indian farmers (Greenpeace)
1 March 2005 - Guarding organics from GM (Western Mail, UK)
28 February 2005 - Genetically altered corn, banned for health reasons, pops up in U.S. aid shipments to Guatemala (Village Voice)
28 February 2005 - Tillamook dairy farmers support hormone ban (Portland Business Journal)
22 February 2005 - A bitter harvest (Guardian, UK)
15 February 2005 - European Commission exposes Member States to risks of genetically engineered crops (Greenpeace)
14 February 2005 - GM food law stymied in Mexico by environmentalists (EC)
8 February 2005 - Canada backs terminator seeds (Guardian, UK)
7 February 2005 - Canadian Government to Unleash Terminator Bombshell at UN Meeting (ETC Group)
4 February 2005 - Wales leads Europe in protecting crops from GM threat (edie)
25 January 2005 - Consumers Deceived as US GE Corn Arrives on Supermarket Shelves (GE Free NZ)
25 January 2005 - Dow Agrosciences field trials of GM maize blocked (ACB)
24 January 2005 - European conference calls for regional governance
21 January 2005 - GMO Law in Italy passes in Lower House (CB)
20 January 2005 - Investors Challenge Monsanto Over Risks of Genetically Engineered Products (AScribe Newswire)
18 January 2005 - U.S. Officials Accuse DuPont of Concealing Teflon Ingredient's Health Risk (Chicago Tribune)
13 January 2005 - German GM project stalled (The Scientist)
13 January 2005 - Monsanto Assault on U.S. Farmers Detailed in New Report (CFS)
7 January 2005 - Monsanto fined $1.5m for bribery (BBC News)
6 January 2005 - Monsanto fined $1.5m over Indonesia bribes (FT)
4 January 2005 - Stop the US Food and Drug Administration from legalising contamination of the food supply (FoE)

News items from 2004

30 December 2004 - This dictatorship of GM appeasers (Daily Mail, UK)
26 December 2004 - We ought to ban the splicing of drugs into food (The Register-Guard)
18 December 2004 - Carbon trading and GE trees rapped at UN conference (Vermont Guardian)
16 December 2004 - Group urges ban on crops for drug, industrial products (Sacramento Bee)
11 December 2004 - Groups claims BT corn has bad effects on health (The Freeman, Philippines)
10 December 2004 - Groups seeks to stop biopharming harvest (AP)
10 December 2004 - Professor's Long Fight for Tenure Not Over (Daily Cal)
29 November 2004 - Syngenta halts genetic engineering projects in Europe (Die Welt, Germany)
29 November 2004 - Campaigners dismiss 'safe GM' report (Guardian, UK)
23 November 2004 - New FDA policy to approve contamination of food supply (FoE)
23 November 2004 - GMOs release blocked at World Conservation Congress (Xinhuanet)
21 November 2004 - GM firms finally give up on planting in Britain (Independent, UK)
18 November 2004 - Last GM seeds pulled from list (FWi)
17 November 2004 - Agent Orange Victims Sue Monsanto (GNN)
16 November 2004 - Genetically Modified Wheat is Still a Market Risk (WORC)
3 November 2004 - No end to woes of Bt cotton farmers (The Hindu)
29 October 2004 - Tasmanian moratorium on GM crops extended (ABC News, Australia)
26 October 2004 - Nearly 1/4 Elevators Require GMO Corn Segregation (Dow Jones)
20 October 2004 - Africa Must Steer Clear of GM Crops (NV)
15 October 2004 - World Food Day: Iraqi farmers aren't celebrating (GRAIN)
15 October 2004 - Defending a Vanishing Moratorium: GMOs and the WTO (IUF)
14 October 2004 - GM protesters win three-year court battle (Highland News, UK)
4 October 2004 - Bourgogne GM fields decontaminated
4 October 2004 - Monsanto's wheat patent withdrawn in Europe (ANA)
2 October 2004 - Critics slam Vatican-US promotion of GM foods (The Tablet)
2 October 2004 - GM rice controversy boils over (Kerala News)
1 October 2004 - Iraq's new patent law: A declaration of war against farmers (GRAIN)
23 September 2004 - From corn wars to corn laws (The Economist)
22 September 2004 - 'Gene flow' underscores growing concern over biotech crops (AP)
21 September 2004 - Genes From Engineered Grass Spread for Miles, Study Finds (New York Times)
21 September 2004 - GM grass pollen has long reach (BBC News)
21 September 2004 - Thailand Says Nine Farms Contaminated By Genetically Modified Crops (VOA)
20 September 2004 - Europe halts Monsanto maize (FoE)
20 September 2004 - Fear of pharming (Scientific American)
20 September 2004 - Wind carries GM pollen record distances (New Scientist)
15 September 2004 - EU Urged to Reject GM Rice (FoE)
15 September 2004 - Thailand Halts GM Tests After Contamination Scandal (AFP)
14 September 2004 - Thai government admits GM contamination over papaya crops (AFP)
14 September 2004 - Clean-up operation likely for GM papaya (Bangkok Post)
14 September 2004 - Fury over GM maize move (Western Mail, UK)
3 September 2004 - German food distributor cancels order - Contamination from GMO papaya feared (Bangkok Post)
3 September 2004 - German firm cancels Thai fruit salad over GMO fears (AFP)
2 September 2004 - Concern at GM crops increases (Guardian, UK)
1 September 2004 - Worried consumers shun GM foods (BBC News)
1 September 2004 - Destruction of the only experimental crop of genetically modified coffee (AFP)
31 August 2004 - Thai cabinet overturns GMO approval (Reuters)
30 August 2004 - Protesting 'cattle' take store to task over GM milk (WMN, UK)
28 August 2004 - Watchdog wades into GMO row (The Nation, Thailand)
28 August 2004 - GM protest in Slovakia (The Grocer)
26 August 2004 - GM trade war delayed - Bush fails to win GM case before election (FoE)
17 August 2004 - Twelve Reasons for Africa to Reject GM Crops (GRAIN)
14 August 2004 - "Voluntary reapers" tear up a GM field in the Loiret, France
12 August 2004 - Green groups celebrate cotton crop win (ABC News, Australia)
12 August 2004 - Costing the Earth (BBC Radio 4)
10 August 2004 - Sierra Club evidence to US Department of Agriculture against the planting of Prodigene pharma corn (SC)
9 August 2004 - Teflon trouble sticking to DuPont (NY Times)
9 August 2004 - Bill to ban cloning ready for debate (NZ Herald)
6 August 2004 - Biotech Request Alarms Food Industry (Des Moines Register)
6 August 2004 - Biopharm Locations Must Be Made Public (Earthjustice)
4 August 2004 - Activists prompt GMO probe in Thailand (The Nation)
3 August 2004 - California - New County Bans GM Crops And Animals (OCA)
31 July 2004 - First GMO Free Zones Declared in Poland (ICPPC)
30 July 2004 - NGOs threaten to sue over GMO seeds (The Nation)
28 July 2004 - Secret SA potato trials anger anti-GM groups who query benefits to farmers (Cape Times, South Africa)
28 July 2004 - Potential dangers in modified foods seen by report (AP)
27 July 2004 - Lawsuit Threatens Genetic Drug Crops' Future In Hawaii (HC)
27 July 2004 - GE papaya scandal in Thailand (Greenpeace)
26 July 2004 - GM protest reignites in France (Guardian, UK)
25 July 2004 - Protesters destroy French GM crop (BBC News)
20 July 2004 - Dutch Activists Destroy Gen-Tech Potatoes (AP)
19 July 2004 - EU halts GM maize import (FoE)
17 July 2004 - GM protesters target supermarket (BBC News)
16 July 2004 - GMOs will not solve hunger, but will make it worse (Mozambique)
14 July 2004 - Bayer pays $66 million in price-fix case (Reuters)
13 July 2004 - Biotech investment busy going nowhere (ISIS)
13 July 2004 - New alliance forms to defend California campaigns to ban GE-crops (OCA)
12 July 2004 - Cows greet Sainsbury's shareholders (Indymedia)
10 July 2004 - GM cow protest at supermarket (BBC News)
9 July 2004 - Winegrowers declare war on genetically modified grapes (AP)
8 July 2004 - Understanding public resentment towards biotech (European Commission)
4 July 2004 - GM research collapses in UK as last big firm quits (Independent, UK)
2 July 2004 - Sainsburys blockaded nationally (UK)
2 July 2004 - Agricultural Biotechnology Possibly Facing an End (AFP)
1 July 2004 - Firm shuts British project on GM crops (Daily Telegraph, UK)
1 July 2004 - Green Party supports GM protesters (Green Party)
30 June 2004 - FoE joy as Bayer drops legal action (Guardian, UK)
30 June 2004 - Syngenta to move its labs to US (FT, UK)
29 June 2004 - "Bioterror" charges downgraded to "mail fraud" in stealth indictment
28 June 2004 - Monsanto GM Maize Not Authorised by EU Commission (FoE)
24 June 2004 - Protesters fell Finland's only GM tree study (Reuters)
23 June 2004 - Protesters Lambast FAO Over GMO Stand (New Vision, Kampala)
21 June 2004 - Zambia refuses GM foods (News24)
21 June 2004 - Greenpeace boards GM crop ship (Guardian, UK)
20 June 2004 - Activists board GM cargo ship (BBC News)
16 June 2004 - FAO declares war on farmers, not on hunger (GRAIN)
16 June 2004 - "New Europe" blocks US food import (FoE)
15 June 2004 - GM rape causes concern (FWi)
15 June 2004 - Biotechnology: Breeding hurdles and hype (Asia Times Online)
14 June 2004 - Test vote for "New Europe" - Unpublished study casts doubt on food safety (FoE)
14 June 2004 - NCGA: StarLink lawsuit moving closer to resolution (P&TCN)
13 June 2004 - So, who really won the Schmeiser Decision? (CropChoice News)
11 June 2004 - Backlash curbs GM investment (NZ Herald)
11 June 2004 - Mendocino's GMO vote sparks action (ENN)
10 June 2004 - No Difference Between Bt, Non-Bt Cotton Output (Financial Express, India)
10 June 2004 - For U.S. shoppers, a lack of labels limits choice on biotech products (Sacramento Bee)
8 June 2004 - Anti-GM views growing in US (NZ Herald)
8 June 2004 - GM Salmon Muscle In on Wild Fish When Food Is Scarce (Scientific American)
3 June 2004 - Bayer pulls out of GM canola trials (ABC News, Australia)
2 June 2004 - GM Trade War: Judges Meet in Secret (FoE)
2 June 2004 - Reclaim the Commons Teach-In Kicks-Off Seven Days of Action (RTC)
1 June 2004 - Sainsbury's cowed into non-GM milk (The Times, UK)
1 June 2004 - Greenpeace campaign sees Sainsbury's trial non-GM milk (Greenpeace)
27 May 2004 - International coalition of public interest groups intervenes in WTO GM dispute (GeneWatch)
27 May 2004 - Indonesia starts Monsanto inquiry (Wall Street Journal)
26 May 2004 - Monsanto Wins in Canada; Can It in India? (Gene Campaign)
26 May 2004 - Pharm Crop Products In US Market (ISIS)
26 May 2004 - Weed with Roundup immunity galloping across state (Chronicle-Tribune)
25 May 2004 - Hands off our food, say 48 million in global campaign (FoE)
25 May 2004 - Consumer resistance puts GM corn on hold (EurActiv)
25 May 2004 - Biotech is not the answer (USA Today)
21 May 2004 - For biotech foods, a dwindling appetite (New York Times)
20 May 2004 - San Francisco Bay Area Mobilizes to Shut Down Biotech Convention
20 May 2004 - Wheat, please, hold the biotech (Missouri Independent)
19 May 2004 - Genetically Modified Foods in Europe - Politicians say Yes, Public says No (FoE)
19 May 2004 - End to GM sweetcorn ban fails to sway stores (The Herald, UK)
17 May 2004 - Keep genetically engineered wheat out of South Africa (BW)
14 May 2004 - 'Pharmaceutical rice' is a no-grow (Sacramento Bee)
13 May 2004 - UK Dairy could ditch GE overnight 13 May 2004 - GM canola backs out of Australia (BBC News)
13 May 2004 - Monsanto abandons GM oil seed rape plans for Australia (FoE)
12 May 2004 - GE polluters must be held liable (GE Free NZ)
12 May 2004 - Biotechnology company to close GM canola program (ABC News, Australia)
12 May 2004 - Super Organics (Wired)
11 May 2004 - Monsanto drops plans for GM wheat (BBC News)
11 May 2004 - Monsanto abandons worldwide GM wheat project (Guardian, UK)
10 May 2004 - Firm Shelves Plans for GM Wheat Crop (PA News)
10 May 2004 - Monsanto drops genetically engineered wheat (Greenpeace)
10 May 2004 - Monsanto drops GM wheat (FoE)
9 May 2004 - Greenpeace blocks alleged GM shipment in Italy (Reuters)
9 May 2004 - GE soya intercepted in Italy (Greenpeace)
7 May 2004 - Secret German GM crop trials revealed (Guardian, UK)
7 May 2004 - Pro-GM lobby institute closes (NZ Herald)
6 May 2004 - MPs say ministers ignored GM fears (Guardian, UK)
4 May 2004 - Greenpeace defends Brazil's right to remain GM free (Greenpeace)
4 May 2004 - African groups criticise U.S. over GMO food aid (Reuters)
4 May 2004 - African groups accuse WFP and USAID of denying Africa's right to choose to reject GM food aid (ACB/ELA)
4 May 2004 - Troubled waters: fluorescent fish spark GM row (Independent, UK)
4 May 2004 - US author claims crop science unsound (Western Mail, UK)
30 April 2004 - Public should not be force fed GM crop not fit for animals (FoE)
29 April 2004 - Spain to Ban Syngenta Corn, EU'S Biggest Gene-Altered Crop (Bloomberg)
29 April 2004 - Meacher calls for GM inquiry (Farmers Weekly)
29 April 2004 - The dumping-ground : Africa and GM food aid (Open Democracy)
22 April 2004 - South West counties go GM free (FoE)
21 April 2004 - Venezuela to Prohibit Transgenic Crops (venezuelanalysis.com)
20 April 2004 - Anti-GM campaign heightened (Greenpeace)
19 April 2004 - EU GM labelling rules come into force (just-food.com)
19 April 2004 - EU debate over GMOs approaches new peak (Environment Daily)
17 April 2004 - Argentina's bitter harvest (New Scientist)
17 April 2004 - Farmers Protest at US/Canada Border (GE Free Vermont)
16 April 2004 - Council backs blanket ban on GM produce (Scotsman)
16 April 2004 - Highland votes to be GM-free (The Herald, UK)
16 April 2004 - GMO ballot measure approved (AP)
15 April 2004 - Food firms reject GM ingredients as tougher GM food labels come into force (FoE)
15 April 2004 - Despairing GM firms halt crop trials (Guardian, UK)
15 April 2004 - Seed Giants Accused of Sabotage (East African Standard)
15 April 2004 - Nightmare of the GM weeds (Daily Mail, UK)
15 April 2004 - Highlands backing GM-free status (BBC News)
15 April 2004 - Australian GM status by States (www.non-gm-farmers.com)
11 April 2004 - California blocks GM rice (UPI)
10 April 2004 - Biotech Rice Plans Are Stalled (AP)
10 April 2004 - Modified rice won't be planted (SF Chronicle)
5 April 2004 - When it comes to food, it's better to contact your supermarket than your MP (Independent, UK)
5 April 2004 - Children of the organic revolution (Independent, UK)
4 April 2004 - GM will never be grown in Britain (Independent on Sunday, UK)
3 April 2004 - Cows stage GM milk protest (BBC News)
2 April 2004 - GM food crops get taken off the menu (The Australian)
1 April 2004 - Firm drops plan to grow GM maize (Guardian, UK)
1 April 2004 - Wheat Board snuffs GM canola trial (Daily Telegraph, Australia)
31 March 2004 - Bayer CropScience discontinues GM forage maize in the UK (Bayer CropScience)
31 March 2004 - Bayer deals blow to GM crops (BBC News)
31 March 2004 - GM giant abandons bid to grow crops in Britain (Independent, UK)
31 March 2004 - Biotech Firm Scraps GM Maize Growing Plans (PA News)
31 March 2004 - GM Maize - major victory for grass-roots campaigners (GM Free Cymru)
30 March 2004 - Beckett is blamed as Bayer bins GM plan (Financial Times, UK)
27 March 2004 - Japanese group against biotech wheat (AP)
26 March 2004 - Victoria stops GM canola for 4 years (Reuters)
24 March 2004 - GM maize sunk by Welsh Assembly (GM Free Cymru)
24 March 2004 - Japanese consumers tell Canada to stop GM wheat (Reuters)
23 March 2004 - High visibility "Boycott Bayer" campaign launched by GM activists (Boycott Bayer)
23 March 2004 - New South Wales, Victoria should follow WA ban on GM crops (AD)
22 March 2004 - Europe urged to reject modified rice (FoE/CBG)
22 March 2004 - Western Australia to ban production of GM food crops (ABC News, Australia)
22 March 2004 - Justice Widens Monsanto Indonesian Probe (Reuters)
22 March 2004 - Councillor plans to halt GM maize (BBC News)
22 March-31 March - Devinder Sharma in Britain
20 March 2004 - Praise for Supermarkets' GE-free chicken (GE Free New Zealand)
19 March 2004 - Opposition growing to GE wheat, says Canadian wheat board (Reuters)
19 March 2004 - Angola moves to ban GM products (BBC News)
18 March 2004 - 1 million Japanese say no to GE wheat (CNW)
18 March 2004 - Expect GM crops to be trampled, ministers warned (The Herald, UK)
18 March 2004 - E-mail Lobby of Scottish Parliament
17 March 2004 - Councillor plans to halt GM maize (BBC News)
16 March 2004 - Monsanto raises idea of U.S.-only GMO wheat release (Reuters)
15 March 2004 - USDA World Survey Shows Reservations Over Biotech Wheat (CD)
14 March 2004 - Scotland's GM stance threatened (Sunday Herald, UK)
12 March 2004 - Trials farmer warns against GM (Farmers Weekly)
11 March 2004 - Californian county bans transgenic crops (Nature)
11 March 2004 - GM crop planting probe announced (BBC News)
10 March 2004 - Anti-GM movement vows to fight maize approval (Guardian, UK)
9 March 2004 - UK Government ignores science, parliament and public concerns about GM crops (GeneWatch UK)
9 March 2004 - Government ignores South West concerns over GM (GM Free South West)
9 March 2004 - Wales refuses GM agreement (BBC News)
8 March 2004 - Mendocino Sows Seeds of Dissent (San Francisco Chronicle)
8 March 2004 - US Contamination Shows Need to Re-establish Moratorium (GE Free NZ)
7 March 2004 - Revealed: Shocking new evidence of the dangers of GM crops (Independent, UK)
7 March 2004 - Scotland defies Blair and puts block on GM (Sunday Herald, UK)
6 March 2004 - MPs revolt against GM plans (Independent, UK)
5 March 2004 - Study could delay GM crops until 2010 (Guardian, UK)
5 March 2004 - An Open Letter to Tony Blair on the Commercial Growing of GM Crops in the UK (FYF)
5 March 2004 - MPs urge ban on GM maize pending further tests (Independent, UK)
5 March 2004 - Cabinet decision over GM maize provokes anger from environmental campaigners (Independent, UK)
5 March 2004 - MPs warn against 'irresponsible' GM decision (e-politix)
5 March 2004 - Prime Minister reaps fury over GM crops go-ahead (Daily Record)
5 March 2004 - Greens call for GM cropn rethink (BBC News)
5 March 2004 - US attempts to force feed GM to Europe (FoE)
4 March 2004 - Five Year Freeze renews commitment to a moratorium on GM (FYF)
4 March 2004 - Humboldt activists follow Mendocino example (Mercury News)
4 March 2004 - Green Gloves Pledge reaches 2821 (GG)
3 March 2004 - Victory! Mendocino County first county in nation to ban the growing of genetically altered crops and animals (LH)
3 March 2004 - Filipino islanders blame GM crop for mystery sickness (Guardian, UK)
3 March 2004 - Grassroots Victory Over Biotech Corporations: Mendocino County Bans GM Crops (Food First)
3 March 2004 - California County Bans Planting of Biotech Crops (Reuters)
3 March 2004 - UNEP Regional Office Urges Caution on Transgenics (IPS)
2 March 2004 - Extreme measures (Guardian, UK)
2 March 2004 - Scientists urge caution concerning genetically modified organisms (Ohio State University)
1 March 2004 - Keeping seeds safe (New York Times)
29 February 2004 - Cereal killer: GM giant culls top jobs in Europe (Independent on Sunday, UK)
29 February 2004 - GM crops roll-out is blighted as MPs prepare to challenge No 10 (Independent on Sunday, UK)
29 February 2004 - MPs to reject Government GM commercialisation plans (FoE)
27 February 2004 - Scientists suspect health threat from GM maize (Guardian, UK)
26 February 2004 - GM crops delayed by at least a year after cabinet leak (Guardian, UK)
26 February 2004 - GM industry to be liable for damages claims (Daily Telegraph, UK)
24 February 2004 - Engineered DNA Found in Crop Seeds (Washington Post)
21 February 2004 - Government face GM legal threat (Reuters)
21 February 2004 - Greenpeace targets supermarket over GM (Guardian,UK)
20 February 2004 - GM - The great betrayal (Daily Mail, UK)
20 February 2004 - Why are they foisting GM crops on us? (Independent,UK)
20 February 2004 - 'GM-free' rebellion grows as ministers give crops backing (Independent, UK)
20 February 2004 - Blair wavers over introduction of GM crops (NetDoctor)
20 February 2004 - Critics of GM crops furious at ministers' approval (The Times)
20 February 2004 - Expert condemns 'fake' GM science (The Journal)
20 February 2004 - 'GM cows' protest at supermarket (BBC News)
20 February 2004 - Monsanto, Dow and Dupont dump more than $300k into smear campaign against measure H in Mendocino (LH)
20 February 2004 - World Treaty may become New Focus for GMO Debate (PlanetArk)
19 February 2004 - Anger over GM crop 'go-ahead' (BBC News)
19 February 2004 - Call to block Scottish GM crops (BBC News)
19 February 2004 - Letter to Margaret Beckett (Independent Science Panel)
18 February 2004 - EU Ministers to get more GM food for thought (ED)
17 February 2004 - Britain fires early salvo in GM foods row (Terra Wire)
17 February 2004 - Oxfordshire votes to ban GM crops (BBC News)
17 February 2004 - Oxfordshire County Council goes GM free (FoE)
16 February 2004 - Wheat Patent : Government Assures Action (Financial Express, India)
16 February 2004 - Oxfordshire County Council decides GM free future (FoE)
16 February 2004 - EU to study Monsanto request to import GM maize (EUB)
15 February 2004 - Keep Bedfordshire GM free (Biggleswade Today)
15-20 February 2004 - Percy Schmeiser comes to Mendocino (LH)
14 February 2004 - No GM surrender (New Scientist)
11 February 2004 - Scandal of Labour's GM go-ahead (Guardian, UK)
10 February 2004 - Austria Raises Hell over GM Safety (ISIS)
9 February 2004 - Wales blocks go-ahead for Britain's first GM crop (Guardian, UK)
9 February 2004 - Letter to Tony Blair (Five Year Freeze)
7 February 2004 - Monsanto's showcase project in Africa fails (New Scientist)
6 February 2004 - GM rape dilemma for crusher (Farmers Weekly)
5 February 2004 - Soil Association response to GM contamination research (SA)
3 February 2004 - EU on line to prohibit GM oilseed rape crops (Guardian, UK)
3 February 2004 - Call for NZ ban on Pharmaceutical crops- 100% separation unachievable (GE Free NZ)
2 February 2004 - Europe closer to banning modified oilseed rape (FoE/Greenpeace)
2 February 2004 - FDA, Monsanto need to reveal truth about growth hormone (Capital Times)
1 February 2004 - Drugs in crops - the unpalatable truth (Nature Biotechnology)
31 January 2004 - Monsanto's chapati patent raises Indian ire (Guardian, UK)
30 January 2004 - Biotech rice crop concerns growers (Appeal-Democrat)
29 January 2004 - GM technology fails local potatoes (Daily Nation, Kenya)
29 January 2004 - Gloucestershire goes GM-free (FoE)
28 January 2004 - GM corn approval a disaster for democracy (Green MEPs)
28 January 2004 - Green groups call on Belgian government to ban GM crop (FoE)
28 January 2004 - GM oilseed rape could harm the environment (Financial Times, UK)
28 January 2004 - 3 NGOs File Petition Against Wheat Patent For Monsanto (Financial Express, India)
27 January 2004 - Monsanto Seeks Support for GMO Wheat (Reuters)
27 January 2004 - Supermarkets make 2004 GM pledge (GreenConsumerGuide.com)
27 January 2004 - UK supermarkets to stay GM-free (foodnavigator.com)
26 January 2004 - The farmer, the canola and mighty Monsanto (Global & Mail, Canada)
23 January 2004 - UK supermarkets maintain strict GM free policy for 2004 (gmfoodnews.com)
23 January 2004 - Rethinking Regulation of Engineered Crops (New York Times)
22 January 2004 - Biotech Baking Brigade Pies Bayer Biotechnician (BBB)
21 January 2004 - Hard to say how to tame gene-altered life, says report (Reuters)
19 January 2004 - Winning the GM debate - London, UK
18 January 2004 - Monsanto exits Argentina soy biz (Reuters)
15 January 2004 - Brussels delays GM crop approval (Farmers Weekly)
13 January 2004 - GM crops should now be banned (RSPB)
13 January 2004 - Biotech companies should withdraw GM crop applications (GeneWatch)
13 January 2004 - Soil Association response to ACRE report (Soil Association)
13 January 2004 - GM experts cautious on maize crop (BBC News)
13 January 2004 - Roundup Ready wheat may lead to more chemicals (Leader-Post, Canada)
11 January 2004 - Genetically Engineered Food Tech Will Not Eliminate Hunger (Financial Express, India)
11 January 2004 - Biotech consortium hides who is footing the bill for campaign in Mendocino County (LH)
10 January 2004 - Move to Ban Altered Crops Is Focused on California (AP)
9 January 2004 - Agriculture Canada ends testing of GE wheat developed with Monsanto (CNews)
9 January 2004 - GE Crops Use More Pesticides (PANUPS)
8 January 2004 - GM crops linked to rise in pesticide use (Guardian, UK)
8 January 2004 - Sowing seeds of resistance to GM (The Scotsman, UK)
7 January 2004 - Monsanto accused of price-fixing (Guardian, UK)
3 January 2004 - Monsanto delays registry of Roundup Ready wheat (National Post, Canada)
3 January 2004 - Strict GM Laws to be Proposed (Farming Life)

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