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Can You Clone an Organic Cow?

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

By Jim Riddle

On December 28, 2006, the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Draft Risk Assessment on meat and milk from cloned animals.

The FDA concluded that animal cloning, or somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), “results in an increased frequency of health risks to animals involved in […]

Hype vs. Hope

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006

Is Corporate Do-Goodery for Real?

Bill McKibben
Mother Jones
November/December 2006 Issue

Ten percent of a two-year-old’s nouns are brand names; by the time an American child heads to school, he or she can recognize hundreds of logos. Disney is now putting its cartoon characters on fresh fruit, arguing (perhaps correctly) that it’s the only way […]