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Physicians and Scientists for Responsible Application of Science and Technology: www.psrast.org/nowohu.htm.
“Tied Aid—Promoting Donors’ Self-Interest,” South Bulletin 57, www.southcentre.org/info/southbulletin/bulletin57/bulletin57-08.htm.
HOW TO FIND A FARMER
New Generation Cooperatives on the Northern Plains, “Declining Farm Value Share of the Food Dollar,” www.umanitoba.ca/afs/agric_eco nomics/ardi/farm_value.html.
Missouri Farmers Union: missourifarmersunion.org/coop/ffcenter/about.htm.
THE STRANGE CASE OF PERCY SCHMEISER
Gregory M. Lamb, “When Genetically Modified Plants Go Wild,” Christian Science Monitor, August 31, 2006, www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_1992.cfm.
E. Ann Clark, “On the Implications of the Schmeiser Decision,” University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, May 2001, www.biotech-info.net/ implications.html.
Ron Friesen, “Studies Show Gene Flow in GM Canola Likely Widespread,” Manitoba Co-operator, July 4, 2002, www.percyschmeiser.com/Gene%20Flow.htm.
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THE GLOBAL EQUATION
Brian Halweil, “Why No One Wins in the Global Food Fight,” Washington Post Sunday, September 21, 2003, www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/ wp-dyn/A37770–2003Sep19.
John Otis, “Ruled by Fear, Banana Workers Resist Unions,” Houston Chronicle, January 19, 2004, www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/special/04/leftbehind/2095828.html.
USDA Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research Service, Office for Small-Scale Agriculture, www.sfc.ucdavis.edu/pubs/bro chures/Specialtypotatoes.html.
IS BIGGER REALLY BETTER?
Gerard D’Souza and John Ikerd, “Small Farms and Sustainable Development: Is Small More Sustainable?” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 28 (1996): 73–83.
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Ronald C. Wimberley et al., Food from Our Changing World: The Globalization of Food and How Americans Feel About It, 2004, sasw.chass.ncsu.edu/global-food/foodglobal.html.
The National Family Farm Coalition: www.nffc.net/.
THE PRICE OF LIFE
“Press Release: Consumer Reports Finds 71 Percent of Store-Bought Chicken Contains Harmful Bacteria,” Consumer’s Union, February 23, 1998, www.consumersunion.org/food/chickbacny698.htm.
Economic and Structural Relationships in U.S. Hog Production, AER-818 Economic Research Service/USDA, www.ers.usda.gov/publications/ aer818/aer818d.pdf.
PAYING THE PRICE OF LOW PRICES
Christopher D. Cook, “Thanksgiving’s Hidden Costs,” AlterNet, November 23, 2004, www.alternet.org/envirohealth/20556/.
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Y. O. Ogini, D. P. Stonehouse, and E. A. Clark, “Comparison of Organic and Conventional Dairy Farms in Ontario,” American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 14 (1999): 122–28.
D. Pimentel, “Environmental and Economic Costs of Pesticide Use,” Bioscience 42 (1992): 750–60.
D. Pimentel, “Environmental and Economic Costs of Soil Erosion and Conservation Benefits,” Science 267 (1995): 1117–23.
D. Pimentel, P. Hepperly, J. Hanson, D. Douds, and R. Seidel, “Environmental, Energetic, and Economic Comparisons of Organic and Conventional Farming Systems,” Bioscience 55 (2005): 573–82.
Brian Riedl, “Still at the Federal Trough: Farm Subsidies for the Rich and Famous Shattered Records in 2001,” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder #1542, www.heritage.org/Research/Agriculture/BG1542.cfm.
J. D. Smolik, T. L. Dobbs, and D. H. Rickert, “The Relative Sustainability of Alternative, Conventional, and Reduced-till Farming Systems,” American