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News Archive - 2008

December 2008
AUS – AFAA: WA GOES FOR GREEN 23/12/08
AUS – WA APPROVES GM CANOLA 23/12/08
AUS - WAFARMERS: DOOR OPENS FOR GM 23/12/08
AUS – MONSANTO: GOOD FOR GROWERS 23/12/08
AUS – PGA: A MAJOR BOOST 23/12/08
AUS – CANOLA BREEDERS SUPPORT WA 23/12/08
AUS – PRODUCERS FORUM APPLAUDS WA 23/12/08
AUS – GGA SUPPORTS GM CANOLA 23/12/08
AUS – COEXISTENCE IN AUSTRALIA 18/12/08
AUS – BIOTECH FIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE 16/12/08
AUS – CANADIAN CANOLA CHALLENGE 16/12/08
AUS – ROADSIDE CANOLA WON'T GO WILD 10/12/08

November 2008
AUS – GM CROP BENEFITS 27/11/08
AUS – AOF IMPROVE SUSTAINABILITY 26/11/08
INTL – FAILURES OF AUSTRIAN GMO STUDY 26/11/08
AUS – AUSBIOTECH: STAY SCIENCE BASED 25/11/08
AUS - GM TECHNOLOGY: GGA SUPPORTS CHOICE 24/11/08
AUS - PGA FOOD GUIDE MISLEADING 24/11/08
AUS – GCA GM REDUCE CARBON FOOTPRINT 24/11/08
AUS – CROPLIFE GM FOOD SUPERSTITION 24/11/08
AUS – PRODUCERS FORUM SUPPORT GM 24/11/08
AUS-WHATS GREENPEACE’S REAL GAME? 21/11/08
AUS – GM CANOLA ALL IN THE FAMILY 21/11/08
INTL – HEALTHY PURPLE TOMATOES 19/11/08
INTL – WORLD’S FIRST BLUE ROSES 19/11/08
INTL – GENETICS FOR CEREAL CROPS 19/11/08
AFRICA – GM COTTON FOR UGANDA 19/11/08
AUS – GREEN LIGHT FOR GM COTTON IN WA 17/11/08
AUS – READY SET HARVEST 11/11/08
INT’L – BURSTS OF RHYTHMIC GROWTH 05/11/08

October 2008
AUS – SCIENCE SHOULD PREVAIL 31/10/08
AUS – HIGH ENERGY GM PASTURE 31/10/08
AUS – GM CANOLA FIELD DAYS POPULAR 16/10/08
US– AUSTRALIAN FARMER REWARDED 16/10/08
INT’L– CONSUMERS NOT CONCERNED 16/10/08
NZ – NEW GM REGULATIONS 10/10/08
EU – ARE EU AG MINISTERS LISTENING? 04/10/08

September 2008
EUR – GREENPEACE GM SURVEY BACKFIRES 25/09/08
AUS– MISLEADING AD STUDY DISCREDITED 23/09/08
EUR – EU EXPERTS AGREE GM FOODS SAFE 23/09/08
EUR– RECONFIRMING GM FOODS SAFE 15/09/08

August 2008
AUS – CSIRO TO AVERT FOOD CRISIS 15/08/08
NZ – RESEARCH APPLICATION GM ANIMALS 15/08/08
AUS – PGA QUERIES NATIONALS GM POLICY 14/08/08
AUS – AFAA RESPONDS TO CHEFS 13/08/08
AUS – VFF GENE ETHICS HAVE NO ETHICS 13/08/08
ISR – GM IMPROVING WATER UPTAKE 04/08/08
USA – IMPROVING RICE NUTRITION 04/07808

July 2008
INT’L – GM TOBACCO TO DETECT LANDMINES 30/07/08
USA – GM ANIMALS GOOD FOR PUBLIC HEALTH 21/07/08
INT’L – GM TOMATOES TO CURE ALZHEIMER’S 15/07/08
INT’L – NESTLE SUPPORTS THE USE OF GM 14/07/08

June 2008
UK – MADAGASCAN PLANT TO HELP CROPS 27/06/08
INT’L – GENETIC TRAIT FOR SUNFLOWERS 27/06/08
ASIA – RICE RESEARCH LABORATORY 27/06/08
AUS – CSIRO GM VIDEO 23/06/08
AUS – TASMANIA EXTENDS REVIEW 22/06/08
VICTORIAN DROUGHT-TOLERANT WHEAT YIELDS UP 20 PER CENT 22/06/08
INTL – GLOBAL IMPACT OF GM 16/06/08
EUR – SWITZERLAND TO KEEP GM BAN 12/06/08
US – SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE SURVEY 02/06/08
IND – GM REGULATION IN INDIA 02/06/08

May 2008
AUS – GM CANOLA DELIVERING MARKET CHOICE 21/05/08
AUS - OGTR GM CANOLA FACT SHEET 21/05/08
AUS – OGTR OVERVIEW FACT SHEET 21/05/08
AUS – GENE TECHNOLOGY ON YOU TUBE 15/05/08
AUS – ECONOMIC BENEFITS FROM GM CROPS 12/05/08
NZ – GM TREES NO IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT 09/05/08
EU – GM CORN PERFORMANCE SPAIN 09/05/08

April 2008
AUS – PLASTIC FROM PLANTS 30/04/08
USA – HT CROPS IMPROVE WATER QUALITY 28/04/08
INT – TECHNOLOGY FOR AFRICAN RICE 28/04/08
AUS – SA MORATORIUM INDEFINITE 17/04/08
EU – GM CROPS MUST BE ACCEPTED – NBA 15/04/08
EU – EU COMMISSION APPROVES GM CORN 11/04/08
JPN – JAPAN DEVELOPS BLUE ROSE 10/04/08
AUS – POTENTIAL BENEFITS FOR AUSTRALIA 02/04/08
AUS – FEAR MONGERING LACKS CREDIBILITY 02/04/08

March 2008
AUS – ASF APPLAUDS GM CANOLA DECISION 18/03/08
AUS – PIONEER WELCOMES GM CANOLA GO-AHEAD 18/03/08
AUS – GM CANOLA GETS THE GO AHEAD IN NSW 14/03/08
AUS – CROPLIFE WELCOMES NSW DECISION 14/03/08
AUS – FARMERS WILL BENEFIT FROM GM DECISION 14/03/08
AUS – NSW CAN HARNESS GENE TECHNOLOGY 14/03/08
AUS – AUSBIOTECH APPLAUDS GM DECISION 14/03/08
AUS – GRDC SUPPORTS GROWER CHOICE 14/03/08
AUS – HUNDREDS ATTEND GM ACCREDITATION 07/03/08
AUS – MINISTER BURKE BRING BALANCE 07/03/08

February 2008
AUS – CROPLIFE WELCOMES ACCESS TO GM 29/02/08
AUS – LEGAL ACTION UNNECESSARY 27/02/08
AUS - VFF - SA ARE HOLDING FARMERS BACK 20/02/08
AUS – CAUTION REQUIRED ON GM 'ADVICE’ 19/02/08
INTL – GM CROP UPTAKE CONTINUES 19/02/08
AUS - AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURE - LEFT BEHIND 18/02/08
AUS - GM VALENTINES WISH 14/02/08
AUS – ACPFG – GM BAN DISAPPOINTING 11/02/08
AUS – AOF – GROWERS DENIED CHOICE 11/02/08
AUS – CROPLIFE – BAD NEWS FOR GROWERS 11/02/08
AUS – PRODUCERS FORUM SA FARMERS LOOSE OUT 11/02/08
AUS – SOUTH AUSTRALIA WILL STAY GM FREE 08/02/08
AUS - AFAA – DECISION DENIES CHOICE 08/02/08
AUS - AUSBIOTECH - A POLITICAL DECISION 08/02/08
AUS – CANADIAN FARMERS CHOOSE GM 05/02/08

January 2008
AUS – GM, BENEFITS OUTWEIGH RISKS 29/01/08
EUR – EFSA ON ANIMAL CLONING 21/01/08
US – ANIMAL CLONES SAFE 21/01/08
AUS – CLONING FACT SHEETS 21/01/08
AUS – ACADEMY OF SCIENCE STATEMENT 21/01/08

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