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Index See page vii for a complete list of acronyms and their full titles. AAFC, 130 Abitibi Co., Re Application of (1982), 131, 138 Action Group on Erosion, Technology , and Concentration, 149 Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, 200 agriculture: industrialization of, 7, 15–20, 32–33; natural limitations of, 15, 18 AgriFood Canada, 98 agrofuels, 243 Ag-West Biotech, Inc., 98, 103, 110, 148 alfalfa, RR, 5; Canadian approval of, 122; impact on organic farming, 121; importance in crop rotations, 121; marketability concerns, 122; Monsanto, 168–169; revocation of U.S. approval, 169; suits against USDA, 73, 169 allergenicity, 46, 63 antitrust, 236–237; farmers’ legal standing in, 216; Mississippi attorney general on, 227–228; patent misuse issue, 213–216, 223, 225, 245; Sherman Act, 214, 217–218; USDA/Department of Justice workshops on, 235–236; U.S. investigation of Monsanto, 245–246 APAS, 107 APHIS, 54–55, 64–65 appropriationism: biotechnology as new epoch in, 19–21; and capital accumulation, 19, 31, 37, 242; as conceptual tool, 7, 15; defined, 7, 18; and intermediate goods, 32 Arbour, Louise, 147 Argentina, 5, 46, 66, 215 Argentine canola, 80 asexually produced plants, 207 Atkinson, Ryan, 133 Atlantic agro-food economy, 31 attorney general of Mississippi, 227– 228, 235 Aventis, 10, 128, 150–151; Liberty Link (LL) canola, 79, 85–86, 90, 95; Liberty Link (LL) cotton, 174. See also Hoffman case Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), 5, 19–20, 55, 63 Bain, Carmen, 41 BASF, 79 Baucum, Scott, 257n39 Bayer CropScience, 10, 128, 150– 151; Liberty Link (LL) canola, 79, 85–86, 90, 95; Liberty Link (LL) cotton, 174. See also Hoffman case 278 Index Beaudoin, Dale, 10, 150–151. See also Hoffman case Beck, Ulrich, 41 beets, 5, 73 bentgrass, 64 Bernauer, Thomas, 71 “bio-industrial complex,” 23 bioprospecting, 243 Biosafety Clearing-House, 51 BIOTECanada, 148 biotechnology: defined, 4; as focus of plant breeding, 97–98; growth in production area, 4; growth of equated with success, 61; national regulation of, 53–58; and the neoliberal food regime, 34; social goals of, 6, 23 bloc geopolitics, 34–35, 47, 59–65, 70 Bollgard cotton, 174 bollworm, 20, 178 Boser, Charles, 140, 162 Bourdieu, Pierre, 43 bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), 65 boycotts, 41, 49 Brassica napus, 80, 96, 99 Brassica rapa, 80, 96, 99 Brazil, 5, 46, 89 British Columbia, 74 brown bagging, 113, 136, 222 BRS, 64–65 BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy ), 65 Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), 5, 29 Bt corn, 55, 174, 178, 181 Bt cotton, 20, 174, 178–180, 191–193, 197, 225–226 budworm, 178 Busch, Lawrence, 41 Calgene, 55 California, 74 Canada: biotechnology crop production , 4–5, 46; biotechnology regulation in, 56–58; conflicts of interest , 60, 61; GM crop production, 5; infringement suits, 240; Manitoba hog farming, 37; need for actions by Parliament, 243, 244; Plant Breeders’ Rights Act (PBR Act), 22. See also Hoffman case; Schmeiser case Canadian Biotechnology Strategy (1998), 57, 61 Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 56 Canadian Seed Trade Association, 148 canola, RR: benefits of, 80–83; checkoff , 87, 252n4; conventional alternatives to, 96–97, 117; economics of, 84–86; evidence required for presence of, 163–164; GM, 5; impact on organic production, 118– 120; leading to loss of GMO-free seed, 117; management issues with, 82–84; Monsanto monopoly, 241; role of seed companies, 99; as rotation crop, 78; specialty markets, 89, 124; types of, 80; volunteer crops, 82–84, 95, 140, 164; yields of, 79–82, 87–89, 94–97. See also Hoffman case; interview excerpts; Schmeiser case capital accumulation in agriculture, 6–9; appropriationism, 18; challenges to, 17; and choice, 17, 240– 242; effect of globalization on, 27–28, 37, 42, 71; expropriationism as, 12, 25–26, 45, 128; historical trends, 15–19, 28, 31–33; long waves of, 29; privatization of germplasm, 22–23; problem of exclusive power, 238; and restructuring, 29; and status as natural process, 16, 18; technical and social routes of, 8, 22 Carnival Cruise Lines, 256n27 Carstensen, Peter, 218 Cartagena Protocol, 51, 72 case studies, 10–11 cassava, drought-resistant, 5 cattle and meat sector, 32 CBAC, 58 CBD, 51–52, 72 CCGA, 148 [44.200.169.91] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 02:59 GMT) Index 279 CFA, 107 CFIA, 57–58, 122 CFS, 210 Chakrabarty case, 130, 132, 208–209 chemfallow, 140 chicken production, 36, 42 China, 5, 35 choice and social control, 6; farmer’s reduced choice, 3, 5, 17, 239; shift of control, 1–3, 19–21, 24–26, 241–242 CIPO, 130–131...