Resource Pointer #54
October 31, 1995
For copies of the following resources, please contact
the appropriate publishers or organizations directly.
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*My Father's Garden (video), 1995.* Miranda Productions,
Inc. Personal style documentary of U.S. farming follows
stories of two farmers, contrasting organic grain farm
in North Dakota with conventional citrus farm in
Florida. Reviews history of pesticide intensive
agriculture and presents farmers' perspectives of that
history, outlining agrochemicals' health, environmental
and economic dangers and stressing benefits of organic
farming. 60 minutes. Individuals -- US$39.95;
institutions -- price varies (contact Bullfrog Films for
rental or purchase prices). Bullfrog Films, Box 149,
Oley, PA 19547; phone (800) 543-3764 or (610) 779-8226;
fax (610) 370-1978; email bullfrog@igc.apc.org.
*Danger of Postharvest Pesticides (video), 1995.* Japan
Offspring Fund. Investigates postharvest pesticide use
on variety of crops in developing and industrialized
countries, and emphasizes hazards of pesticide residues
to consumers and food processing workers. Crops examined
include bananas, pineapples, cherries, potatoes and
apples. 26 minutes. Japan Offspring Fund, Ko-jimachi 2-
7-3-202, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102, Japan; phone/fax (81-3)
5276-0259.
*Biological Control: Learning to Live with the Natural
Order (video), 1995.* National Biological Control
Institute. Educational film for elementary, middle- and
high-school students describes classical biological
control practices and history, and mentions hazards of
agrochemical-intensive farming. Examines several pest-
predator relationships pertinent to biological control,
including leaf miners and parasitic wasps, cottony
cushion scale and vedalia beatles, aphids and lacewings,
and Russian wheat aphids and several parasitoids. 25
minutes. No charge. U.S. Department of Agriculture,
National Biological Control Institute, 4700 River Road,
Unit 5, Riverdale, MD 20737; phone (301) 734-4329; fax
(301) 734-7823; email moraze@aphis.usda.gov;
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/nbci/nbci.html.
*Trading Our Lives Away, 1995.* Vandana Shiva.
Ecological and feminist analysis of free trade's human
and environmental impacts in developing countries points
out negative consequences of high-input agricultural
systems, including farmer disenfranchisement,
environmental degradation, declining food quality and
loss of biodiversity. Argues that people should
challenge governments for treating issues of ethics,
social justice and ecological stability as merely "trade
related" subjects. 48 pp. US$6. Pesticide Action Network
Asia and the Pacific (Malaysia) and Research Foundation
for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy
(India). Order from Pesticide Action Network Asia and
the Pacific, P.O. Box 1170, 10850 Penang, Malaysia;
phone (60-4) 657-0271; fax (60-4) 657-7445; email
panap@geo2.poptel.org.uk.
*Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities:
A Profile, 1995.* National Research Council. Describes
land-grant system's history and mission, and provides
data on research funding and allocation among different
crops, campus enrollment trendsand demographics,
financial characteristics of farms and contribution of
agricultural sector to U.S. economy. 144 pp. US$34.95.
National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20418; phone (202) 334-3313 or (800) 624-
6242; email news@nas.edu.
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in the Online Resource Pointer to send review copies of
publications, videos or other sources to our office
(address listed below) or to contact Publications and
Information Coordinator Ellen Hickey or Information
Program Associates Adam Kirshner or Gina Schilling for
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