Agriculture & Livestock

Magazine articles on agriculture, livestock, and genetically engineered foods.

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Mother Jones February 2001 Barry Yeoman	Silence in the Fields The U.S. government is allowing farmers to fill thousands of jobs with foreign 'guestworkers.' The conditions are hardly hospitable -- but those who speak out can be sent straight back home...
Reason January 2001 Ronald Bailey	Dr. Strangelunch Or: Why we should learn to stop worrying and love genetically modified food...
Mother Jones December 2000 Edwin Dobb	Growing Resistance Is agribusiness squandering one of medicine's most potent weapons?
Science News October 14, 2000 Janet Raloff	Soy Land, Soy Land The United States became a major player in soy production over the past half century, when acreage planted with the crop increased fivefold...
Salon.com October 4, 2000 Ilan Greenberg	The decade's first must-read biz book Surprise! The most riveting tale of recent years centers on corn feed and price fixing in Decatur, Ill. A review of Kurt Eichenwald's The Informant...
American Family Physician August 1, 2000 Stephen F. Sundlof	FDA Perspective An overview of FDA activities that improve the safety of human food derived from animals.
Finance & Development June 1, 2000 Paul Cashin & Catherine Pattillo	The Duration of Terms of Trade Shocks in Sub-Saharan Africa A characteristic common to the commodity-exporting developing countries of sub-Saharan Africa is that movement in their terms of trade is a key determinant of macroeconomic performance and has an important impact on real national incomes. However, there are marked differences across these countries in the typical duration of terms of trade shocks.
Finance & Development June 1, 2000 Hans Dieter Seibel	Agricultural Development Banks Close Them or Reform Them? Agricultural development banks were established to extend credit and other financial services to customers not considered creditworthy by commercial banks. Should these banks be closed or are they worth revamping?
Mother Jones June 2000 Ted Williams	False Forests What's green, full of trees, and worse than a clearcut? Vast pine farms, which are rapidly replacing the woods with a new kind of Southern plantation.
Nutrition Action Healthletter April 1999 David Schardt	Cow Disease Still Mad Avoiding pneumatic stunning of cattle to reduce risk of spreading mad cow disease.
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