Research Institutions and Publications

  • Ag Biotech Info-Net

    Ag BioTech InfoNet covers all aspects of the application of biotechnology and genetic engineering in agricultural production and food processing and marketing. The focus is scientific reports and findings and technical analysis, although the page also covers emerging issues of widespread interest, developments in the policy arena, and major media coverage.

  • Dr. E. Ann Clark's home page

    Ann Clark is a researcher and professor at the University of Guelph. Her web site includes several essays, papers and conference talks on agricultural biotechnology and the Canadian regulatory system.

  • Farming Solutions

    This site demonstrates how food security and sustainable livelihoods can be achieved across the globe by innovative and environmentally responsible farming systems. Farmers can encourage biodiversity, retain a rich, natural soil base, maintain clean water and foster human health.

  • Seeds of Diversity Canada

    A non-profit group of gardeners from coast to coast who save seeds from rare and unusual garden plants for the purpose of preserving the varieties. Seeds acts as a living gene bank.

  • Science and Environmental Health Network

    SEHN is concerned with the wise application of science to the protection of the environment and public health. SEHN is also a think tank for the environmental movement, framing concepts and ethical considerations that give direction to the movement in North America and internationally. The web site includes a series of essays on biotechnology.

  • The Canadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre

     (CBERC) is a not-for-profit organization with the mandate to grow the biotechnology sector in Canada by educating students, teachers, and the general public about the field of biotechnology; and participating in outreach activities that increase public awareness of biotechnology

  • The Ram's Horn

    The Ram's Horn, a monthly journal of food systems analysis, dissects the dominant system, reporting on the activities and analyzing the strategies of transnational agribusiness and governments. It deals with the issues and dangers posed by biotechnology in general, and genetic engineering in particular, at every level of the food system.