*New*
 AOF Contamination report
 GM Canola Factsheet
 History of how Bayer Cropscience caused contamination of non-GM canola in Australia
 NCF submission released
 The drive behind GM Crops
 Letter to Prime Minister
 Invitation to endorse letter to PM
 Farmers prepare for legal fight over GM
 Crop management plans
 Liability paper - Duncan Currie

1. Key issues
 Summary and Overview
 10 main NCF concerns
 Farmers misled
 Q & A for school projects
 What is the drive for GM crops?
 Links to other issues
 Scientific concerns summary
 The future - 2020?
 What is expected of non-GM growers in Canada
 Beyond the Bulldust
 *Unfair liability*
 Pressures in GM debate
 Questions regarding risk management
 Genetic engineering – a crop of hyperbole

2. GM crops banned
 Monsanto Crop Management & Resistance Management Plans
 Why Australia is not prepared for commercial trials
 Monsanto's GM Roundup Ready canola
 Bayer Cropscience's GM Invigor canola
 Where to now?
 State legislation - moratoria

3. Market issues
 Canola markets
 Zero tolerance of GM contamination is market demand
 Wheat will be impacted
 Higher prices for non-GM canola
 Contamination scare affects market
 Japanese requirements
 Consumer polls & market rejection
 Effects of GM contamination in canola
 EU will not tolerate acceptance of tolerance levels
 What our marketers say
 How and when non-GM premiums started

About us
 Network Policy & Objectives
 NCF Funding
 NCF History
 NCF profile: Julie Newman
 NCF profile: Juliet McFarlane
 Early work

Canola
 What is canola?
 Statistics - yields
 Canadian farmers nervous about GM canola acceptance in Japan
 Letter from Japan

Coexistence & Segregation
 Crop Management Plans for non-GM grower
 Farmer to farmer Hypothetical
 Segregation and coexistence plans
 Seed industry allows 0.5% contamination
 Canadian grain segregation
 Zero tolerance is market demand
 European coexistence report
 Identity preservation and segregation
 What is expected of non-GM growers in Canada
 Testing protocol
 Labels for GM contamination
 EU will not accept contamination
 Proposed Stewardship Program for Canola
 Contract harvester problems
 Crop management plans

Consumer concerns
 Is GM food safe?
 Churches - 10 reasons against GM
 Scientific concerns
 Cross Kingdom Breeding
 Food safety testing inadequate
 Environmental effects
 13 Science based reasons for GM-free
 Myths about the Digestion of Proteins and DNA
 5 part series covering issues
 Health Risk
 Reason for Schools to ban GM Foods
 Monsanto's feeding studies
 FSANZ answers regarding food testing
 Scientific report on safety testing
 Trespass report
 Scientific concerns
 Consumer concerns summary
 GM food lecture
 Monsanto
 Seeds of Concern
 Public attitudes to GM food
 Scrambling and gambling with the genome
 L-tryptophan - A Deadly Epidemic
 Protestors (photos)
 GM health concerns in brief
 Inadequate health testing for GM canola
 Russian study showing high death rates in offspring
 Pusztai debate
 Hidden uncertainties - risks of GMOs
 Study shows GM eating Americans sicker than non-GM eating English
 Scientists see spike in kids' food allergies

Contamination
 Contamination is uncontrollable (photos)
 Gene transfer & cross-pollination
 GM product recalls
 Environmental contamination (photos)
 Confronting contamination & co-existence
 Invigor canola outcrossing
 Gene Stacking = Super Weed
 AOF contamination report
 History of how Bayer Cropscience caused contamination of non-GM canola in Australia

Corporate control
 Corporate control
 Corporate Engineering in Public Debate
 In (Seed) Bed Together
 Cartoon

Costs and liabilities
 Costs to non-GM farmers
 Non-GM Liable for Contamination?
 Liability issues associated with GM crops - AFFA
 Supplying non-GM requires certification
 Liability questions answered
 More on liability
 *Farmer liability*
 Liability and GM crops

Economics
 No economic benefit for farmers
 Economic Recommendations
 Economic Critique
 Why has the OGTR ignored economics?
 Australian farmers can not afford GM crops
 What benefit?
 Higher plant yields better or worse for farmers?
 Effects of GM contamination in canola
 Global seed industry concentration
 Canada versus Australia comparison
 No farmer economic gain for pharmaceutical crops
 NCF: Economics of GM canola ***

Farmer attitudes
 Australian farmer surveys
 Farm lobby group policies
 Victorian ALP policy
 GCA farm lobby group policies

GM / Non-GM difference
 What is GM / Non-GM?
 GM plant breeding not faster
 Will the industry be in crisis without GM?
 Why GM is different

GM canola
 Will GM canola yield more in Australia?
 Comparison between Canadian and Australian canola conditions
 Are GM chemicals safer, cheaper or more efficient?
 How much GM canola is grown in Canada?
 Canadian and Australian canola statistics
 Economics of GM canola

GM crops
 Public good or corporate control?
 Misleading claims over GM
 ISAAA GM crop areas misleading
 Use of GM crops
 GM crops and chemical use
 Multiple spray applications vs yield penalty
 Yield problems - links
 GM cotton failures
 Global yields
 Pharmaceutical crops
 Global Trends in GM Crops
 Who benefits from GM crops?

GM crops experience
 Canadian Farmers viewpoint
 American farmers viewpoint
 American Corn Growers experience
 Argentina faces serious problems
 Report on North American Experience
 Canadian organic farmers
 Argentina & GM soy - success at what cost?
 How is industry managing non-GM now?
 India, Bulgaria, Indonesia
 Monsanto vs US farmers
 Global GM adoption
 US farmers warned of GM Liability
 Farming news links
 GM-growing US faces agricultural trade deficit
 GM soy in US not considered food grade
 Monsanto in Argentina
 GM soy war in Paraguay
 Violence in Brazil

GM wheat
 Learn more about GM wheat
 Marketing systems for GM wheat
 GM Wheat submission - food health
 Report - Farmers lose with GM wheat
 What our marketers say
 Canadian Wheat Board position

Honey issues
 Apiarist briefing
 The impact of GM contamination
 SA Apiarists briefing
 Map SA & Vic

How trustworthy is decision-making?
 Vested interests revealed
 Why trust the regulatory process?
 Sue Meek profile
 Federal government pro-GM
 Scientists influenced
 Liability, GCA and legal action
 Research manipulated
 OGTR does not assess economics, segregation, chemical resistance, food testing etc.
 Three faces of science fraud
 Misleading GM language

Insurance
 Insurance Council submission
 Insurance avoid GM risk

International Protocols
 World Trade Organisation
 Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
 Free Trade Agreement
 Farmers right to replant seeds
 International agreements
 GM labelling
 WTO ruling does not prevent countries from restricting or banning GMOs

Legal Issues
 Law
 Copy of Technology User Agreement
 2003 Monsanto contract
 GM Patents
 Monsanto shoot themselves in the foot (cartoon)
 Will law protect us from contamination?
 Summary of Supreme Court hearing of Percy Schmeiser
 NSW Minister guarantees farmers are protected
 AFFA-liability issues
 US farmers sued
 US farmers warned of GM liability issues
 GM Crops and farmers Liability
 Why is the non-GM grower liable for contamination?
 Innocent farmer sued
 Federal judge's opinion shows understanding of patented gene spread
 Liability for non-GM farmers
 More on liability:
 Liability and GM crops
 Farmers prepare for legal fight over GM
 Liability issues - Duncan Currie

Legislation & Regulation
 Trials vs Commercial Release
 Bayer Cropscience Invigor Canola approved by OGTR
 States impose moratoriums in role to protect economics
 OGTR role
 Gene Technology Act
 GM canola trial locations
 Victorian Moratorium
 Australian GM status by States
 Federal candidate views
 OGTR unapproved GM canola trials
 Gene Technology Act Critique
 South Australian Act
 WA proudly GM-free
 *State moratoria legislation*
 Gene Tech Act reviews denies compensation
 National Biotechnology Strategy

Links
 Genome Scrambling Links
 Links
 Top 10 books on GM
 Religious links

Network action
 Invigor canola submission OGTR
 GM Zone proposal submissions
 GTGC submission summary
 NCF Newsletters
 NCF Media releases
 GTGC full submission
 Roundup Ready Submission OGTR
 Network tours
 pro-GM lobbyists attack NCF
 Pro-GM tantrums
 Advertisement
 Victorian farmer survey
 NCF banner & flyer
 Field day survey
 Community monitoring of GM Crop Trials
 Letters to farmers
 
 Gene Tech Act Review Pt1
 Gene Tech Act Reveiw Pt 2
 Gene Tech Act Review Pt3
 Bayer Protest
 Bayers Response to NCF

Organics
 Canadian organic standard
 American organic standards

Trials
 Victorian maps
 Victorian sites - photos
 SA trial photos
 Trials summary
 Topas 19/2 contamination
 South Australia 2006 GM Trials

  

13-06-2008GM Coexistence plans a failure
12-05-2008ABARE produce another bogus report to push GM crops
19-04-2008Governments refuse to agree with GM findings due to vested interest
21-03-2008Farmers prepare for legal fight over GM
25-02-2008Farmers to sue farmers
24-01-2008Australian tour
23-01-2008International Committee declares GM crops a problem rather than a solution
15-01-2008Farmers call for research levies to be voluntary
05-12-2007Farmers ignored as NSW lift moratoria
03-12-2007Non-GM farmers call for strict liability on GM crops
28-11-2007No segregation intended for conventional non-GM farmers in Victoria
26-11-2007GM canola will cause economic loss to canola farmers of over $143 million
05-11-2007Farmers call for GM performance trials
15-08-2007NCF submission released
14-05-2007Farmers outraged at Victorian contamination plan
09-11-2005Industry leaders betraying farmers
01-11-2005Ban trials until Bayer Cropscience pays for damages
27-10-2005Farmers call for compensation for GM contamination
12-10-2005EU will not accept GM tolerance levels
05-10-2005Get Bayers GM pollution out of my crop!
18-09-2005Response to ABARE: Higher costs, lower yields and market loss does not equate to a benefit to farmers
06-09-2005Remove your unwanted genes Bayer Cropscience
09-08-2005Who’s pulling GCA’s strings ask farmers
07-08-2005GM contamination found in WA - farmers insist on recall
28-07-2005Don't trust scientists warn farmers
26-07-2005Deliberate GM contamination in NSW
14-07-2005Farmers slam Bayer Cropscience for contamination
12-07-2005New SA trial announced
30-06-2005Farmers ask why GM crops perform worse in drought
15-06-2005Enough of the GM bulldust!
02-03-2005Minister Truss ignores economics
13-02-2005Japan urges WA to say No to GMO
28-01-2005Farmers to sue Coalition on GM
12-01-2005GM propaganda misleading
22-11-2004Nature unkind to Australia's first commercial GM canola trial
05-11-2004Farmers fight back in GM debate
03-08-2004Farmers challenge leadership to debate GM
14-07-2004Farmers lacking leadership
22-05-2004Supreme court rules: Monsanto 2, Schmeiser 1
12-05-2004Monsanto drop GM canola in Australia
11-05-2004Monsanto back off GM wheat push
24-03-2004Victoria extends moratorium on GM crops
22-03-2004West Australia bans GM crops
16-03-2004Top Chefs urge Carr to stop GM crops
14-03-2004GM crops hit liability stumbling block
11-03-2004Carr must keep GM moratorium promise
16-02-2004Victorian DPI breaches Gene Technology Act
22-01-2004Brief response to Percy Schmeissers case
15-01-2004Response to Kondinin Group Survey
19-12-2003OGTR decision not acceptable claim farmers
14-12-2003OGTR can not approve Roundup Ready license say farmers
30-11-2003GM crops increase chemical use
20-11-2003Farmers claim government has been misled
05-11-2003GM Trial breach exposed
16-10-2003"Take control" warn farmers
09-10-2003Farmers warn consumer rejection will cause market rejection
02-10-2003Farmers demand review of OGTR and Gene Technology Act
08-09-2003Network support consumer choice provided by Greenpeace guide
25-08-2003Farmers call on scientists for help
18-08-2003Biotech Australia Polls misleading claim farmers
24-07-2003FARMERS DEMAND FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY FOR APPROVAL OF GM CANOLA
23-06-2003It's time government acted to protect non-GM growers
15-06-2003New Economic Report Exposes Flaws in GM Studies
12-06-2003First meeting between Bayer Cropscience, Monsanto and Network of Concerned Farmers
29-05-2003New Bill on GM crops sets dangerous precedents
24-05-2003Regulator Wrong Claim Farmers
20-05-2003'Claytons' moratorium won't stop GM contamination
14-05-2003WTO action will harm Australian farmers and trade
08-05-2003Farmers welcome Victorian moratorium on GM canola
02-05-2003Network calls on NSW Farmers Assn to stop
27-04-2003Will GM canola deliver what it is promising?
18-04-2003WAFarmers unanimously support moratorium
09-04-2003New Survey shows 70% of Victorian farmers concerned about GM canola
01-04-2003Farmers reject Federal Government's Bayer GM Canola Risk Management Plan
28-03-2003Norton's report a furphy says Network
25-03-2003Concerned Farmer evicted from crucial GM meeting
11-03-2003GM Canola protocols a sham
05-03-2003Australian Wheat Board opposes GM canola
28-02-2003NCF PRESENTS SPEAKING TOUR
28-02-2003NCF welcomes coalition policy
25-02-2003Call for GM canola protocols to be revoked
21-02-2003City leg of tour extends to consumers
11-02-2003Greens 5yr moratorium announcement welcomed
24-01-2003Are Farmers Ready?
23-01-2003Quick Check list for industry readiness.
23-12-2002Farmers concerns ignored by GTGC - the committee responsible for economics
01-11-2002Victorian Farmers demand GM crop poll
03-10-2002Grain farmers slam draft GM framework
18-09-2002New report shatters GE crop myths
06-08-2002Shooting the messenger won't stop the problems with GM Canola
21-06-2002G.M. Seeds of Doubt Tour
 

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19 June 2008
GM - a crop of hyperbole

17 June 2008
Monsanto scans for anti-GM blogs

15 June 2008
GM global news: early June

13 June 2008
GM Coexistence plans a failure

11 June 2008
Patent dispute may impact on GM future

12 May 2008
ABARE produce another bogus report to push GM crops

06 May 2008
UK:BASF targeted in GM protest

06 May 2008
Multinationals make billions in profit out of growing global food crisis

02 May 2008
Farm Broadcaster Ousted after Ripping Monsanto's Goon Squads

02 May 2008
Mass Protests against GM Crops in India

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