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BI402B Senior Seminar in Sustainable Agriculture

Spring 2009

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General Seminar Information

Seminar Syllabus

Sustainable Agriculture Reading List 2009

Final Presentation Schedule

List of Debate Resolutions

Readings and Recordings

First Reading Assignment in Tomorrows Table

Vandana Shiva speaking on Food Justice

Logan Perkins Writing on the International Movement for Food Sovereignty

Articles on Sustainable Ag Reading List 2009 + Those Added By Presenters

Adam D 2003 Transgenic crop trials gene flow turns weeds into wimps. Nature 421:462

Alavanja M et al 2003 Use of Agricultural Pesticides and Prostate Cancer Risk in the Agricultural Health Study Cohort. American Journal of Epidemiology 157(9): 800-814

Altieri M 2000 The Ecological Impacts of Transgenic Crops on Agroecosystem Health. Ecosystem Health 6(1): 13-23

Angulo FJ et al 2004 Evidence of an Association Between Use of Anti-microbial Agents in Food Animals and Anti-microbial Resistance Among Bacteria Isolated from Humans and the Human Health Consequences of Such Resistance. J. Vet. Med. B 51:374-379

Arias DM & Rieseberg LH 1994 Gene flow between cultivated and wild sunflowers. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 89: 655-660

Asami D et al 2003 Comparison of the Total Phenolic and Ascorbic Acid Content of Freeze-Dried and Air-Dried Marionberry, Strawberry, and Corn Grown Using Conventional, Organic, and Sustainable Agricultural Practices. J Agri Food Chem 51: 1237-1241

Baker B et al 2002 Pesticide residues in conventional, IPM-grown and organic foods: Insights from three U.S. data sets. Food Additives and Contaminants 19(5): 427-446

Balmford et al 2002 Economic reasons for conserving wild nature. Science 297: 950-953

Byrne PF & Fromherz S 2003 Can GM and non-GM crops coexist? Setting a precedent in Boulder County, Colorado, USA. Food, Agriculture & Environment 1(2): 258-261

Carere et al 2008 Third Generation Biofuels via Direct Cellulose Fermentation. Intl J Mol Sci 9:1342-1360

Casewell M et al 2003 The European ban on growth-promoting antibiotics and emerging consequences for human and animal health. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2003) 52: 159-161

Catchpole et al 2005 Hierarchical Metabolomics Demonstrates Substantial Compositional Similarity between Genetically Modified and Conventional Potato Crops. PNAS 102(40): 14458-14462

Cavalieri et al 1995 Larvicidal lectins and plant insect resistance based thereon. US Patent Office No. 5407454

Cellini F et al 2004 Unintended effects and their detection in genetically modified crops. Food and Chemical Toxicology 42: 1089-1125

Clark BW et al. 2005 Environmental Fate and Effects of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Proteins from Transgenic Crops: a Review. J. Agric. Food Chem. 53: 4643-4653

Curl C et al 2003 Organophosphorus Pesticide Exposure of Urban and Suburban Preschool Children with Organic and Conventional Diets. Environmental Health Perspectives 111(3): 377-382

Daily GC 2001 Ecological Forecasts. Nature 411: 245

Dalton R 2002 Superweed study falters as seed firms deny access to transgene. Nature 419:655

Denison RF et al 2004 Crop yields over the first nine years of LTRAS, a long-term comparison of field crop systems in a Mediterranean climate. Field Crops Research 86: 267-277

Donald PF et al 2001 Agricultural intensification and collapse of Europe’s farmland bird populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 286: 25-29

Estrada A et al 1997 Anthropogenic landscape changes and avian diversity at Los Tuxtlas, Mexico. Biodiversity and Conservation 6(1): 19-43

Ewen SWB and Pusztai A 1999 Effect of diets containing genetically modified potatoes expressing Galanthus nivalis lectin on rat small intestine. The Lancet 354: 1353-1354

Fuller RJ et al 1995 Population Declines and Range Contractions Among Lowland Farmland Birds in Britain. Conservation Biology 9(6): 1425-1441

Gewin et al 2004 Organic FAQs and Can organic farming replace conventional agriculture? Nature 428: 796-798

Giesy JP et al 2000A Ecotoxicological risk assessment for Roundup herbicide. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 167: 35-120

Giesy JP et al 2000B Ecotoxicological risk assessment for Roundup herbicide. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 167: 35-120 (Monsanto summary of paper)

Haslberger 2003 Codex guidelines for GM foods include the analysis of unintended effects. Nature Biotechnology 21(7): 739-741

Hayes TB et al 2002 Hermaphroditic, Demasculinized Frogs after Exposure to the Herbicide Atrazine at Low Ecologically Relevant Doses. PNAS 99(8): 5476-5480

Hoitink HAJ et al 1996 Suppression of Plant Diseases by Composts X Congreso Nacional Agronomico/III Congreso de Fitopatologia 47-52

Huang J et al 2002 Plant Biotechnology in China. Science 295: 674-677

Huang J et al 2005 Insect-Resistant GM Rice in Farmers Fields: Assessing Productivity and Health Effects in China. Science 308: 688-690

Ho M 2002 Mice prefer non GM. Institute of Science in Society

Kammen et al 2007 Energy and Greenhouse Impacts of Biofuels: A Framework for Analysis. OECD RESEARCH ROUND TABLE: BIOFUELS: LINKING SUPPORT TO PERFORMANCE 1-28

Kershen DL 2000 The Risks of Going Non-GMO. Oklahoma Law Review 53: 631-642

Kershen DL 2006 Health and Food Safety: The Benefits of Bt-Corn. Food and Drug Law Journal 61: 197-134

Kramer SB et al 2006 Reduced nitrate leaching and enhanced denitrifier activity and efficiency in organically fertilized soils. PNAS 102(12): 4522-4527

Losey JE et al 1999 Transgenic pollen harms monarch larvae. Nature 399: 214

Mader P 2002 Soil Fertility and Biodiversity in Organic Farming. Science 296: 1694-1697

Maiti IB et al 2003 Antibiosis-type insect resistance in transgenic plants expressing a teratocyte secretory protein (TSP14) gene from a hymenopteran endoparasite (Microplitis croceipes). Plant Biotechnology Journal 1(3): 209-219

Marvier M 2007 A Meta-Analysis of Effects of Bt Cotton and Maize on Nontarget Invertebrates. Science 316: 1475-1477

Miller 1999 Substantial equivalence: Its uses and abuses. Nature Biotechnology 17: 1042-1043

Mowat et al 1999 GM Food Debate (Comments re: Ewen & Pusztai 1999) The Lancet 354: 1725-1729

Myers N & Kent J 2003 New Consumers: The Influence of Affluence on the Environment. PNAS 100: 4963-4968

Myhr AI and Traavik T 2002 The precautionary principle: Scientific uncertainty and omitted research in the context of GMO use and release. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 15: 73-86

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Nordlee et al 1996 Identification of a Brazil-nut allergen in transgenic soybeans. New England Journal of Med 334:688-692

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Pimentel D 2003 Ethanol Fuels: Energy Balance, Economics, and Environmental Impacts are Negative. Natural Resources Research 12(2): 127-134

Pimentel, D. 2006. Impacts of organic farming on the efficiency of energy use in agriculture. An Organic Center State of Science Review. August 2006. http://www.organic-center.org/science.pest.php?action=view&report_id=59

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Pimentel D & Raven P 2000 Bt Corn Pollen Impacts on Nontarget Lepidoptera: Assessment of Effects in Nature. PNAS 97: 8198-8199

Pimentel D et al 2005 Environmental, Energetic, and Economic Comparisons of Organic and Conventional Farming Systems. Bioscience 55(7): 573-582

Pimentel et al 2008. Reducing energy inputs in the U.S. food system. Human Ecology 36 (4): 459-471.

Prakash CS 2001 The Genetically Modified Crop Debate in the Context of Agricultural Evolution Plant Physiology 126: 8-15

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Quist D & Chapela IH 2001 Transgenic DNA introgressed into traditional maize landraces in Oaxaca, Mexico. Nature 414: 541-543

Reganold J et al 2001 Sustainability of three apple production systems. PNAS 410: 926-929

Ross-Ibarra J et al 2007 Plant domestication: a unique opportunity to identify the genetic basis of adaptation. PNAS 104:8641-8648

Shapouri H 2004 THE 2001 NET ENERGY BALANCE OF CORN-ETHANOL. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)/ Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Office of the Chief Economist (OCE), Eastern Regional Research Center, Wyndmoor, PA.

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Strauss S 2003 Genomics, Genetic Engineering, and Domestication of Crops. Science 300: 61-62

Tanksley S & McCouch S 1997 Seed Banks and Molecular Maps: Unlocking Genetic Potential from the Wild. Science 277: 1063-1066

Thomashow MF 2001 So Whats New in the Field of Plant Cold Acclimation? Lots! Plant Physiology 125: 89-93

Toenniessen GH 2003 Advances in plant biotechnology and its adoption in developing countries. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 6: 191-198

Trewavas T 1999 Much food, many problems. Nature 402: 231-232

Trewavas T 2001A Urban myths of organic farming. Nature 410: 409-410

Trewavas T 2001B The Population/Biodiversity Paradox. Agricultural Efficiency to Save Wilderness. Plant Physiology 125: 174-179

Trewavas T 2008 Redefining Natural in Agriculture. PLOS Biology 6(8): 1618-1620

Tripathi S, Suzuki J, & Gonsalves D 2007 Development of Genetically Engineered Resistant Papaya for papaya ringspot virus in a Timely Manner. In Plant-Pathogen Interactions Methods and Protocols, Pamela C Ronald (ed), Humana Press, Volume 354 of Methods in Molecular Biology Book Series.

Watrud LS et al 2004 Evidence for Landscape-Level, Pollen-Mediated Gene Flow from Genetically Modified Creeping Bentgrass with CP4 EPSPS as a Marker. PNAS 101(40): 14533-14538