Series: Anti-rBGH Activity

Agricola BGH citations, 1990

Biotechnology Working Group (BWG)

“In Our Back Yard: State Action to Govern the Release of Genetically Engineered Organisms into the Environment”: report, 1992

Meeting materials, 1993-1995

BGH opinion surveys

Douhitt, Robin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990

Johanna Dairies, 1993

National Dairy Board
Note: See under NDB files: Consumer Reactions to the Use of BST in Dairy Cows, 1990, and Consumer Responses to the Introduction of BST Technology, 1986.

Preston, Warren P., Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) and State University, 1990

Slusher, Barbara J., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1990

Washington Dairy Products Commission, 1990 April

Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), regarding BGH coverage, 1994

Choose Original Wholesome (C.O.W.) Milk Campaign, circa 1989?

Coalition for Responsible Technology (CRT)

General, 1989

Mailing to milk processors, 1989 April 15

World Dairy Expo (October 3-7, 1990), 1990

Reference packet, 1990

Additional materials, 1994

Epstein, Samuel, M.D., 1989-1990

Fairview Industries

“Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone: A Scientific Critique of the NIH Technology Assessment Review”: report, 1992

von Meyer, William, Dr., 1991-1994

Phage contamination, cancer, 1993 October-November

Family Farm Defenders (FFD), Wisconsin Family Farm Defense Fund (WFFDF), 1993-1995, undated

Feingold, Russ

BGH labeling, ban bills, 1989-1992, 1994

Moratorium, 1990-1993

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) report, 1994 January

Food & Water Inc.

General, 1994-1996
Note: Includes Cabot Creamery and Land O'Lakes campaigns.

Funding and Wall Street Journal editorial, 1995 May

Foundation on Economic Trends (FET)

BGH Boycott Campaign, 1990-1991

BGH boycott funding proposals, 1993

BGH information packets, 1989 October 13, 1990 February 19, May 4, August 10

BGH victory clippings, 1989, 1990

Coelho, Tony

Meeting with USDA Secretary Michael Espy, 1993 September

Correspondence, memos, 1990-1995
Note: Includes copy of The Grass Roots & Public Policy, FET newspaper.

Badertscher, Gary letter, articles, 1994?

Loper, James H., Jr. (NDB chairman), letter regarding FET, 1992

Food “terrorist” label, 1989-1990, 1993

FOIA correspondence, 1990-1993

FOIA file index, 1990 November

International BST promotion, Monsanto

Canada

General, 1994-1999

BGH test, 1994 March

Robinson, Barry, Ph.D., 1988-1989

Europe

General, 1988-1990, 1994-1995

Commission of the European Communities (EC)

Articles regarding animal welfare issues, 1989

BST moratorium, 1993 June-July

Dierenbescherming (animal welfare) mailings, 1994 August 5, November 30

Mexico, USSR, 1990, 1992

Other countries, 1990, 1992

Investigational New Animal Drug (INAD) environmental assessments, 1986-1987

Lawsuits

Civil Action No. 90 2929 NHJ (v. USDA and NDB), 1990 November-December

Civil Action No. 94 C 0090 C (v. FDA and HHS), 1993-1994

Legal memo, 1989 March, June
Note: Andrew Kimbrell to Chuck Brown, regarding labeling versus prohibition on manufacture, sale, or use of BGH (March 1989).

Litigation tentacles (USDA/FDA/AMA/EC/White House), 1988-1990

Media packet, 1992 Fall

NDB BGH chronology, 1991 March 13

Organizational memos, 1993 July

Petitions to FDA regarding BGH, 1989-1992

Responses from FDA, 1990-1991

Press releases, 1986-1995

Pure Food Campaign (PFC)

Advertising

General, 1993

New York Times, full-page ad, 1993 March

Public Media Center (PMC) ad, 1993 March

BGH boycott

Anna's fax list, 1993 March 25

Company positions, 1989, 1992-1994

Grocery lists, 1994?

Information and materials, 1993-1995

Letter to dairy and food industry executives, 1993 March, November

Survey responses, circa 1993 December-1994 January

Mailing to chefs, 1993 March 22

Meat boycott, 1993 March

Milk dump demonstrations, 1993 November-December

Press releases, 1994, undated

Restaurant boycott press kit, 1992 July

Update mailing, 1994 March

BGH video, 1993

Campaign reports, 1995 March-July

Cummins, Ronnie, 1994-1995
Note: PFC national director.

Farmer mailing, 1993 March 10

Dairy farmer tracking sheets, 1993 March 15-18

Farmer responses, 1993

Federal legislation, 1994 June-July

General, 1993-1996, undated

General Accounting Office (GAO) BGH report, 1992 August

Infant formula, BGH-free, 1989-1993

Informational meeting, 1994 January 20

Letterhead

National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) BST training sessions, 1993-1994

Compiled documents, 1994 January

Pre-approval period (“BGH Crunch”), 1993

Rapid Response Network (RRN), 1989, 1993

Madison emergency response team, 1993 June

Taylor, Michael, FDA, conflict of interest, 1990-1994

Voluntary rBGH labeling memo, 1994 February 1

Pure Food Coalition

Madison, milk dump, press release and statement, 1993 November

Milwaukee, 1993-1994

Other cities, 1993 November

Rifkin, Jeremy

News clippings, 1989-1994

Statement before U.S. House subcommittee, 1986 June 11

Testimony of John Stauber before Wisconsin Senate Committee, 1989 May 10

Thompson, Tommy, Governor

BGH moratorium, open records request regarding veto, 1990-1991

World Dairy Expo, 1990
Note: See under Coalition for Responsible Technology (CRT).

Humane Farming Association (HFA)

Ad campaign, 1991 November-December

BGH mailing, 1994 January

Epstein, Samuel, M.D., BGH and cancer, 1994

Labeling, 1994 January-March

Work agreement, strategy, 1994

Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)

Fox, Michael W., Dr. “Why bST Must be Opposed”: conference paper, 1988 October

I Love Trouble, BGH movie, 1991
Note: See BGH news clippings, 1993 (October).

Individual states

California, 1994, undated

LA school district, 1993 November-December

Maine, 1992-1993

Minnesota, 1989-1990, 1993-1995

Vermont, 1986, 1989-1994

Rural Vermont

BGH reports, 1995

“Biotechnology: An Activists' Handbook” / The Vermont Biotechnology Working Group, 1991

Press releases regarding labeling law, 1994, 1995

Sanders, Bernie, Representative, correspondence regarding Monsanto pre-approval promotion of BST/ BGH, 1993 January

Washington, 1990

Wisconsin

City of Madison Public Health Department

Berger, Laura, RN, testimony and Monsanto response, 1989 May-June

Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP)

Tracy, Alan T., Secretary, open records requests, 1993-1994

Cedar Grove Cheese BGH-free labeling, 1993-1994

Compiled DATCP documents, 1994 January

Drug residue in milk case, 1993 September-November

Other records, 1992-1994

Department of Public Instruction (DPI), 1994 January-March

Madison petitions, 1994?

Epstein, Samuel, M.D., testimony on Assembly Bill 200, 1989 September 6

FDA “hearing,” 1992 August

Governor's office/Department of Administration, open records requests, 1994 January

Hormone heads, 1990?

Surveys, consumer and farmer, 1993-1994

Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board (WMMB)

Open records request, 1994 January

Real Seal, 1990

UW BGH research, 1986 April-May

Kirschenmann, Frederick, “Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture,” circa 1992

Klug, Scott, Rep., 1993

Kraft (Foods Inc.) leaks, 1993 May

Kronfeld, David S., DVM, Ph.D., 1990-1994, 1996
Note: See also “Leaks” folder under FDA.

Labeling

Cedar Grove Cheese

Wills, Robert, comments on FDA guidance on voluntary labeling, undated

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)

“A Mutable Feast: Assuring Food Safety in the Era of Genetic Engineering”: report, 1991 October 1

FDA hearing (May 6-7, 1993), 1993 May

National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) survey, 1994 March 29

Vermont
Note: See Vermont under Individual states.

Wisconsin

Baldus bill (substitute amendment 2 to AB 586), 1993-1994

Tracy, Alan, DATCP Secretary, 1994 January

Literary works, 1996, undated
Scope and Content Note: Includes a play, Mayhem to Beings. A Capital Offense: The Trial of Monsanto Corporation by Democracy Unlimited of Wisconsin Cooperative, 1996; and a song, “Same Stone re-visited,” lyrics by T. Langeloh, music [not included] by John Prine, undated

Monsanto Campaign (multi-organizational campaign), 1990

Monsanto leaks, 1993

National Dairy Board meetings

Lake Placid, 1991 July 24
Note: Includes New York Farmers Union statement.

Minneapolis, 1990 July 24-25
Note: Includes statements by groups (Minnesota COACT, NFU, FET) opposed to rBGH.

National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC), 1991-1994

National Farmers Union (NFU)

General, 1991-1995

Correspondence regarding BST promotion prior to FDA approval, 1990 October 16

News clippings, articles

“A” clips

“B” clips

Antibiotics/drugs in milk, 1989-1994

BGH (general), 1986-1992

BGH (general), 1993-1999

Cancer, 1989-1998

Consumer response, 1989, 1991

Editorials

Anti-BGH, 1989-1995, undated

Pro-BGH, 1989-1994

Other, 1990-1994

Environmental estrogens, 1994

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), 1992

Genetic engineering in dairy, 1986-1994

Liebhardt, William C., rotational grazing vs. BGH, 1991-1993

Milk and other medical issues, 1992-1993

Other journal articles, 1987-1993

Scrapbook of news clippings, editorials, and other documents regarding BGH compiled by Mrs. Lorraine Hawkinson, 1985 January-1990 October

“Trashing” articles, 1993 April

Other organizations' materials, 1994-1995, undated

Robinson, Alan, 48 Hours segment, 1993-1994

School districts, milk supply, 1992-1994

Schulte, Stephen J., DVM, letter to Monsanto, press release, 1989

Statement to National Dairy Board, 1990 July 25

Strategy memo, 1989 September 26

University of Wisconsin-Madison

“Boycott Babcock” protest, 2001 October 31

University conflicts of interest meeting with state Representative Rebecca Young (August 8, 1990), 1990 July-September

Wisconsin Student Association (WSA) resolution, 1986

Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU)

Press releases, 1990, 1994-1995

Wisconsin Rural Development Center (WRDC)

Biotechnology Project, UW contracts report, 1993

Press releases, 1994, 1995