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An Expert Panel Report on the Future of Food Biotechnology
prepared by The Royal Society of Canada at the request of Health Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Environment Canada, January 2001. Table of Contents and Executive Summary only (20 pages).
 

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The World Vegetable Center conserves the most diverse collection of vegetable germplasm in the world and provides user direct access to germplasm data through the internet. Also maintains a database of thousands of bulletins, fact sheets, articles, and titles of interest to researchers, farmers, rural development workers, extension agents etc. Offers research training opportunities for postdoctoral fellows, visiting scientists, graduate and undergraduate researchers; as well as practical training sessions (2-3 weeks) on the ground in Thailand and Tanzania.
 

The Leopold Center is dedicated to exploring and cultivating alternatives that will secure healthier people and landscapes in Iowa and the USA.
 

The FQH association encourages, co-ordinates and disseminates research in the field of organic food and health. They are based in the Netherlands.

Organization dedicated to nurturing the biodynamic movement in North America through education, research, and development. Offers a two-year biodynamic apprenticeship training program. Website features a planting calendar for Oct-June, for working biodynamically with crops, sequential spraying, and ashing. Based in Oregon, USA.
 

Academic society promoting interdisciplinary research and scholarship in the broad areas of agriculture and rural studies.
 
Note: AFHVS does not advocate or endorse specific policies or political platforms.
 

Coalition of Canadian organizations based in Ottawa, dedicated to collaborative campaigning for food sovereignty and environmental justice. "The mission of CBAN is to promote food sovereignty and democratic decision-making on science and technology issues in order to protect the integrity of the environment, health, food, and the livelihoods of people in Canada and around the world by facilitating, informing and organizing civil society action, researching, and providing information to government for policy development".
 

"Research centre based at McGill University in Montreal and created in response to a need expressed by Aboriginal Peoples for participatory research and education to address their concerns about the integrity of their traditional food systems.

In concert with Indigenous Peoples, CINE's mission is to undertake community-based research and education related to traditional food systems. The empirical knowledge of the environment inherent in Indigenous societies is incorporated into all its efforts."
 

The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) International is a non-profit organization infused with the energy of 2300 members – individuals and organizations who are actively engaged in ecologically-sensitive repair and management of ecosystems through an unusually broad array of experience, knowledge sets and cultural perspectives.