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The following is a combined bibliography for all three parts of the 2004 essays.

Alstron, Julian M., "Horticultural Biotechnology Faces Significant Economic and Market Barriers," California Agriculture, Vol. 58, NO. 2, April/June 2004, pp. 80 - 88

Beckie, Hugh J., Warwick, Suzanne, Kumar, Hari and Seguin-Swartz, Ginette, "Gene Flow in Herbicide-Resistant Canola," Ecological Applications, Vol. 13, No. 5, 2003, pp. 1276 - 1294

Bell, James John, "Exploring the Singularity," Futurist, Vol. 37, No. 3, May/June 2003, pp. 18 - 24

Biotechnology Industry Organization, Food Biotechnology. Online document: www.bio.org/speeches/pubs/er/food.asp

Bradford, Kent J. and Alston, Julian M., "Diversity of Horticultural Biotech Crops Contributes to Market Hurdles," California Agriculture, Vol. 58, No. 2, April/June 2004, pp. 84 - 85

Bratspies, Rebecca M., "Myths of Voluntary Compliance: Lessons from the StarLink Corn Fiasco," 27 William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review 593, Spring 2003, online Lexis-Nexis full-text article

Brooks, Graham and Barfoot, Peter. GM Rice: Will This Lead the Way for Global Acceptance of GM Crop Technology?", ISAAA Brief No. 28, Ithaca, NY: ISAAA, 2003

Bruening, G. and Lyon, J.M., "The Case of the Flavr Savr Tomato," California Agriculture, Vol. 54, No. 4, July/August 2000, pp. 6-7.

Bruening, George, "Transgenes are Revolutionizing Crop Production," California Agriculture, Vol. 54, No. 4, July/August 2000

Burkhard, Jeffrey, "Biotechnology's Future Benefits: Prediction or Promise?" AgBioForum 5 (2) 2002, pp. 20 - 24

Burkhardt, Jeffrey, Thompson, Paul B., and Peterson, Tana Rae, "The First European Congress on Agricultural and Food Ethics and Follow-Up Workshop on Ethics and Food Biotechnology: A U.S. Perspective," Agriculture and Human Values, Vol. 17, No. 4, December 2000, pp. 327-332

California Council on Science and Technology (CCST), Benefits and Risks of Food Biotechnology. CCST: Sacramento, CA, 2002

California State Legislature, Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildlife and Senate Select Committee on Higher Education, "Impacts of Genetic Engineering on California's Environment: Examining the Role of Research at Public Universities," Senate Publication 1054-S, Sacramento, CA: California Senate, May 15, 2000

Campbell, Neil A. Biology, 3rd Edition. Redwood City, CA: Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, 1993

Center for Science in the Public Interest, "Genetic Engineers Back Growing Drugs in Food Crops," online news release available at http://cspinet.org/new/200406021.htm

Charles, Daniel. Lords of the Harvest: Biotech, Big Money and the Future of Food. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 2001

Correspondence, The Lancet (North American Edition), Vol. 354, November 13, 1999, pp. 1725 - 1729

Council for Biotechnology Information, Good Ideas are Growing: Plant Biotechnology. Washington, D.C., June 2003

Council for Biotechnology Information, Realizing the Promise of Innovation, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Washington D.C., no date listed

Craddock, Neville, "Flies in the Soup - European GM Labeling," Nature Biotechnology, Vol. 22, No. 4, April 2004, pp. 383-384

Cranor, Carl, Telephone interview, May 2004

Dandekar, Abhaya and Gutterson, Neal, "Genetic Engineering to Improve Quality, Productivity and Value of Crops," California Agriculture, Vol. 54, No. 4, July/August 2000, pp. 49 - 56

Dawe, D., Robertson, R. and Unnevehr, L., "Golden Rice: What Role Could it Play in Alleviation of Vitamin A Deficiency?" Food Policy, on-line full-text version, Vol. 27, Issues 5 - 6, October/December 2002, pp. 541 - 560

Degregori, Thomas R., Agriculture and Modern Technology: A Defense.  Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press, 2001

"Drugs in Crops: The Unpalatable Truth," Nature Biotechnology, Vol. 22, No. 2, February 2004, p. 133

Ellstrand, Norman, Telephone interview, May 2004

Ellstrand, Norman, "Going to 'Great Lengths' to Prevent the Escape of Genes that Produce Specialty Chemicals," Plant Physiology, Vol. 132, August 2003, pp. 1770 - 1774

Ewen Stanley W.B. and Pusztai, Arpad, "Effects of Diets Containing Genetically Modified Potatoes Expressing Galanthus Nivalis Lectin on Rat Small Intestines," The Lancet (North American Edition), Vol. 354, October 16, 1999, pp. 1353-1354

"FAO Declares War on Farmers, Not Hunger," www.grain.org, online document available with pdf reader at www.grain.org/front/?id=24

Federal Register, "Field Testing of Plants Engineered to Produce Pharmaceutical or Industrial Compounds," Vol. 68, No. 46, March 10, 2003, pp. 11337 - 11340

Federal Register, National Organic Program; Amendments fo the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances, Vol. 68, No. 211, October 31, 2003

Federal Register, Statement of Policy: Foods Derived From New Plant Varieties, Vol. 57, No. 104, May 29, 1992

Fernandez-Cornejo, Jorge, The Seed Industry in U.S. Agriculture: An Exploration of Data and Information on Crop Seed Markets, Regulation, Industry Structure and Research and Development, AIB - 786, Washington D.C.: United States Deparment of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, February 2004

Fernandez-Cornejo, Jorge and McBride, William D., Adoption of Bioengineerd Crops. Washington D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, AER-810, May 2002

Fernandez-Cornejo, Jorge and Schimmelpfennig, David, "Have Seed Industry Changes Affected Research Efforts?" Amber Waves. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, February 2004. Online document available at: www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/February04/Features/HaveSeed.htm

Fox, Jeffrey, "USDA Scrutinizes GM Organism Regulations," Nature Biotechnology, Vol. 22, No. 3, March 2004, pp. 255-256

Gewin, Virginia, "Organic FAQs," Nature 428, 22 April 2004, pp. 796-798

Giles, Jim, "Damned If They Do, Damned If They Don't," Nature 425, 16 October 2003, pp. 656-657

Gonsalves, Dennis, "Virus-Resistant Transgenic Papaya Helps Save Hawaiian Industry," California Agriculture, Vol. 58, No. 2, April/June 2004, pp. 92-93

Graff, Gregory D., Wright, Brian D., Bennett, Alan B., and Zilberman, David, "Access to Intellectual Property is a Major Obstacle to Developing Transgenic Horticultural Crops," California Agriculture, Vol. 58, No. 2, April/June 2004, pp. 120 - 126

Griffiths, Anthony, Miller, Jeffrey H., Suzuki, David T., Lewonton, Richard C., and Gelbart, William M., An Introduction to Genetic Analysis, 5th Edition. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1993

Hamilton, Neil D., "Legal Issues Shaping Society's Acceptance of Biotechnology and Genetically Modified Organisms," 6 Drake Agricultural Law Journal, No. 1, Spring 2001, pp. 81 - 117

Hoag, Hannah, "Biotech Firms Join Charities in Drive to Help Africa's Farms," Nature, Vol. 422, No. 6929, 20 March 2003, p. 246

Hood, Elizabeth E., Horn, Michael E. and Howard, John A., "Production and Application of Proteins From Transgenic Plants," in Vasil, I. K., ed. Plant Biotechnology 2002 and Beyond, pp. 377 - 382, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003

Huang, Jikun, Pray, Carl, and Rozelle, Scott. "Enhancing the Crops to Feed the Poor," Nature 418, 8 August 2002, pp. 678-684

Hurt, R. Douglas. American Agriculture: A Brief History, Revised Edition. West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University Press, 2002

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), IFPRI Annual Report 2000 - 2001, Washington D.C.: IFPRI

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Green Revolution: Curse or Blessing," Washington D.C.: IFPRI, 2002

"Introduction: Transgenic Acreage Grows Amid Changing Regulation," California Agriculture, Vol. 59, No. 2, April/June 2004, p. 73

Judge, Linda R. "Biotechnology: Highlights of the Science and Law Shaping the Industry." Santa Clara University Computer and High Technology Journal, Vol. 20, November 2003, 15 pp. document at infotrac.galegroup.com

Khachatourians, George G., McHughen, Alan, Scorza, Ralph, Nip, Wai-kit and Hui, Y.H., eds. Transgenic Plants and Crops. New York/Basel: Marcel Dekker, Inc. 2000

King, John L., "Concentration and Technology in Agricultural Input Industries," Electronic Report/AIB - 763. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, March 2001

King, Nicelma, "Low Income Consumers, Though Less Aware of GMOs, Are Concerned and Want Labels," California Agriculture, Vol. 57, No. 3, July/September 2003

Kirby, Sarah L., "Genetically Modified Foods: More Reason to Label Than Not," 6 Drake Journal of Agricultural Law 351, Fall 2000

Klonsky, Karen, "Forces Impacting the Production of Organic Foods," Agriculture and Human Values, Vol. 17, No. 3, September 2000

Kneen, Brewster. Invisible Giant: Cargill and its Transnational Strategies, 2nd Edition. London and Sterling, Virginia: Pluto Press, 2002

Krebs, John, "Chairman's Report: The OECD Edinburgh Conference on the Scientific and Health Aspects of GM Foods," March 2000. Internet document: www.oecd.org/dataoecd/34/30/2097312.pdf

Kryder, R. David, Kowalski, Stanley P., and Krattiger, Anatole F., "The Intellectual and Technical Property Components of pro-Vitamin A Rice (Golden Rice): A Preliminary Freedom-to-Operate Review," ISAAA Brief 20 - 2000, Manila, Philippines: ISAAA, 2000

Lines, Rosemarie E., Persley, Denis, Dales, James, Drew, Roderick, and Bateson, Marion F., "Genetically Engineered Immunity to Papaya Ringspot Virus in Australian Papaya Cultivars," Molecular Breeding 10: 119 - 129, 2002; Klewer Academic Publishers, on-line full-text journal

Lumpkin, N.H. and Padel, S., The Economics of Organic Farming. Wallingford: CAB International, 1994

Lurquin, Paul F., High Tech Harvest: Understanding Genetically Modified Food Plants. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2002

MacIlwain, Colin, "Organic: Is It The Future of Farming?" Nature 428, 22 April 2004, pp. 792-793

McHughen, Alan, Pandora's Picnic Basket. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000

McHughen, Alan, Telephone interview, May 2004

Monsanto Company, A Clear Focus: 2003 Annual Report. St. Louis: Monsanto Company, 2004

Monsanto Company, Biotechnology: Solutions for Tomorrow's World, June 2000. Company Brochure #00400089.

Monsanto Company, Key Facts About Food and Feed Safety: The Products of Plant Biotechnology. Company Brochure #00499185.

Monsanto Company, The Promise of Plant Biotechnology. Company Brochure #00499184.

Mason, Hugh S., "Vaccines Produced in Transgenic Plants," in Goodman, Robert M., ed., Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science, pp. 1265 - 1267, New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2004

Masood, Ehsan, "A Continent Divided," Nature, Vol. 426, No. 6964, 20 November 2003, pp. 224 - 226

Naylor, Rosamond L., Falcon, Walter P., Goodman, Robert M., Jahn, Molly M., Sengoobi, Theresa, Tefera, Haily, and Nelson, Rebecca J., "Biotechnology in the Developing World: A Case for Increased Investments in Orphan Crops," Food Policy 29 (2004), pp. 15 - 44

Nottingham, Stephen. Eat Your Genes, 2nd Edition. New York: Zed Books, 2003

OECD, "Genetic Inventions, Intellectual Property Rights and Licensing Practices: Evidence and Policies. Paris: OECD, 2002. Available online at oecd.org/dataoecd/42/21/2491084.pdf

Paarlberg, Robert, "The Global Food Fight," Foreign Affairs, Vol. 79, No. 3, May/June 2000, pp. 24 - 38

Pardey, Philip and Beintema, Nienke M., Slow Magic: Agricultural R&D a Century After Mendel, Washington D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2002

Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology, Harvest on the Horizon: Future Uses of Agricultural Biotechnology, September 2001

Pistorius, Robin, and Van Wijk, Jeroen. The Exploitation of Plant Genetic Information: Political Strategies in Crop Development. New York: CAB International Publishing, 1999

Pollack, Andrew. "Monsanto Shelves Plans for Modified Wheat," New York Times, May 11, 2004, p. C1 and C8

Pollack, Andrew, "Narrow Path for New Biotech Food Crops," New York Times, May 20, 2004, pp. C1 and C6

Pollack, Daniel, California's Bioscience Industries: Overview and Policy Issues. Sacramento, CA: California Research Bureau, October 2002

Press, Eyal and Washburn, Jennifer, "The Kept University," Atlantic Monthly, March 2000, pp. 39 - 54

Pretty, Jules, "The Rapid Emergence of Genetic Modification in World Agriculture: Contested Risks and Benefits," Environmental Conservation 28 (3), pp. 248-262

Quality Assurance International, FAQ Brochure

Redick, Thomas P., "Biopharming, Biosafety and Billion Dollar Debacles: Preventing Liability for Biotech Crops," 8 Drake Agricultural Law Review 115, online Lexis-Nexis full-text document

Ruse, Michael and Castle, David, eds., Genetically Modified Foods. New York: Prometheus Books, 2002

Schapsmeier, Edward L., and Schapsmeier, Frederick H. Encyclopedia of American Agricultural History. Westport, Connecticut, and London: Greenwood Press, 1975

Shoemaker, Robbin, Johnson, D. Demcey and Golan, Elise, "Consumers and the Future of Biotech Foods in the United States," USDA/Economic Research Service, Amber Waves, November 2003, 6 pp. Available at www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/November03/Features/futureofbiotech.htm

Somer, A. and West, K. P. Jr., "Vitamin A Deficiency: Health, Survival and Vision," New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, in Zimmerman, Roukayatou and Qaim, Matin, "Potential Health Benefits of Golden Rice: A Philippine Case Study," Food Policy 29 (2004), pp. 147 - 168

State of California, Department of Food and Agriculture, California Agricultural Highlights (brochure), Sacramento, CA: CA Department of Food and Agriculture, 2002

State of California, Department of Food and Agriculture, Resources Directory 2002 - California Agriculture: A Tradition of Innovation. Sacramento, CA: CA Department of Food and Agriculture, 2002

Streatfield, Stephen J. and Howard, John A., "Plant Production Systems for Vaccines," Expert Review of Vaccines, 2 (6), 2003, pp. 763 - 775

Summers, Teresa M., "The Scope of Utility in the Twenty-First Century: New Guidance for Gene-Related Patents," Georgetown Law Journal 475, January 2003, 23 pp. on-line article from Lexis-Nexis Academic

Thrane, Linda, "Editor's Note," Council for Biotechnology Information, In Focus, Vol. 12, No. 1, February 2003

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), The State of Food and Agriculture 2003 - 2004; Agricultural Biotechnology: Meeting the Needs of the Poor?" On-line document available at www.fao.org/docrep/006/Y5160e/y5160e.htm, Section C, Part 9, Conclusions: Meeting the Needs of the Poor, Rome: FA0, 2004

United States Congress, Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), Commercial Biotechnology: An International Analysis, OTA-BA-218. Washington, D.C.: United States Congress/OTA, January 1984

United States Congress, Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), New Developments in Biotechnology: U.S. Investment in Biotechnology Special Report, OTA-BA-360. Washington, D.C.: United States General Printing Office, July 1988

United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Statistics Service, Acreage Report. Washington D.C., June 2003

United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Briefing Room, "Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops in the U.S., Genetically Engineered Upland Cotton Varieties by State and United States, 2002 - 2004." Washington, D.C.: USDA-ERS, 2004. Online data available at www.ers.usda.gov/Data/BiotechCrops/ExtentofAdoptionTable2.htm

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Economic Research Service. "Economic Issues in Agricultural Biotechnology," AIB-762, Washington, D.C.: USDA, February 2001

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Economic Research Service (ERS), "Value-Enhanced Crops: Biotechnology's Next Stage," Agricultural Outlook, March 1999, pp. 444 - 449

United States House of Representatives, Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Basic Research, From the Lab to the Field to the Market, Parts I - III, August 3, October 5 and October 19, 1999

United States, House of Representative, Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Research, "Plant Biotechnology Research and Development in Africa, Challenges and Opportunities," June 12, 2003

United States House of Representatives, Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology, "Genetic Engineering, Human Genetics and Cell Biology: Evolution of Technological Issues in Biotechnology," (Supplemental Report III), 96th Congress, 2nd Session, Serial DDD, August 1980

University of California Discovery Grant website, Biotechnology field, accessible at www.ucdiscoverygrant.org/fields/biotech.htm, viewed 8/28/04

Vucinich, Nick, Should California Take a More Active Role in the Assessment, Monitoring and Oversight of Biotechnology?. Sacramento, CA: (State) Senate Office of Research, 2003

Wilson, William, Janzen, Edward L. and Dahl, Bruce L. "Issues in Development and Adoption of Genetically Modified (GM) Wheats," AgBioForum 6 (3) 2003, pp. 101 - 112

Xia, Yin, "Financing Agricultural Research in the New Biotechnology Era," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 85, No. 5, 2003, pp. 1259 - 1265

Zimmerman, Roukayatou and Qaim, Matin, "Potential Health Benefits of Golden Rice: A Philippine Case Study," Food Policy 29 (2004), pp. 147 - 168

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