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sanet-mg-digest Wednesday, June 16 1999 Volume 01 :
Number 1093

In this issue:

More follow-up on rodents and hantavirus
Re: labels.
RE: NIR Helps Turn Vegetable Oil into High-Quality Biofuel
FW: Vanadium: Nature's "Junk Food" For Plants
Biodiesel
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RE: Biodiesel
FOOD FOR THOUGHT--A VIDEO ABOUT GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD
New Progressive Website
RE: Biodiesel
Australian Canola has non-genetic edge

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 17:06:14 -0600 (MDT)
From: nrboone@roadrunner.com (Nathan/Rachna Boone)
Subject: More follow-up on rodents and hantavirus

Dear Sanet,

A fellow saneter emailed me and said that wild deer
mice were not
the only carriers of the hantavirus. A web search revealed the
following
information from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) at:

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hanta/hps/textonly2/publicp1.htm

Here are the rodents that carry the types of hantavirus that
cause HPS in
the United States:

The deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) is a deceptively cute
animal, with
big eyes and big ears. Its head and body are normally about 2 - 3 inches
long, and the tail adds another 2 - 3 inches in length. You may
see it in a
variety of
colors, from gray to reddish brown, depending on its age. The
underbelly is
always white and the tail has sharply defined white sides. The
deer mouse
is found almost everywhere in North America. Usually, the deer
mouse likes
woodlands, but also turns up in desert areas.

The cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus), which you'll find in the
southeastern
United States (and way down into Central and South America),
has a bigger
body than the deer mouse-head and body about 5 - 7 inches, and
another 3 -
4 inches for the tail. The hair is longer and coarser, of a
grayish brown
color, even grayish black. The cotton rat prefers overgrown areas with
shrubs and tall grasses.

The rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) is slightly smaller than the
cotton rat,
having a head and body 5 - 6 inches long, plus a very long, 4- to 7-inch
tail. Rice rats sport short, soft, grayish brown fur on top, and gray or
tawny underbellies. Their feet are whitish. As you might expect from the
name, this rat likes marshy areas and is semiaquatic. It's found in the
Southeastern United States and into Central America.

The white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) is hard to
distinguish fom the
deer mouse. The head and body together are about four inches long. You
should note that its tail is normally shorter than its body (about 2 - 4
inches long). Topside, its fur ranges from pale brown to reddish brown,
while its underside and feet are white. The white-footed mouse is found
through southern New England, the Mid-Atlantic and Southern states, the
Midwest and into the western states and Mexico. It prefers wooded and
brushy areas, although sometimes it will live in more open ground.

Sometimes, the "country mouse" becomes a "city mouse" Both the
deer mouse
and the cotton rat are usually in rural areas, but can also be found in
cities when conditions are right, such as easy availability of
food, water
and shelter.

Other rodents may also carry hantavirus
It appears that other rodents carrying strains of hantavirus
that cause HPS
are yet to be identified. In addition, yet other rodent species
play host
to other types of hantaviruses that cause a different type of infection,
hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, or HFRS.

It is wise, therefore, to avoid close contact with rodents in general.

- ---end

Nathan Boone
Agricultural Consultant
200-B Callecita Place
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Tel: 505.992.0649
Fax: 508.302.7761
Email: nrboone@roadrunner.com

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 10:39:17 -0700
From: Bargyla Rateaver <brateaver@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: labels.

Love one another.
It has always worked where tried, but not often
tried.===================

Mark wrote:

> At 06:10 PM 6/14/99 -0400, you wrote:
>
> > I would just like to make sure that people are aware of
what they are
> >buying. Just because a chain food store (or other store or farmer
> >or.......) says animals should be raised humanely and
without antibiotics
> >doesn't mean they are walking the walk. Talk is very cheap in this
> >country. In the end, I'm coming to the conclusion the only
reliable way to
> >get what you think you are is to buy directly at the farm. Is there
> >another reliable method?
>
> Greg,
>
> I think people should know what they are buying and be able
to trust what
> they are buying. But I would be wary of making broad
statements calling
> into question claims about products unless you have evidence
that they are
> not what they appear. This kind broad based mistrust is a
double edged
> knife. I have been at board meetings (for an organization I
serve) where
> people have fought against investing funds in a socially responsible
> investment portfolio because "you never really know if they
are doing what
> they say they are doing." This was a nationally known and
widely acclaimed
> fund. Yet we could not muster enough support for it because
of this rather
> baffling level of mistrust. So now the funds are going to be
invested in
> tobacco and firearms manufacturers, something no one really
wants to do. I
> have also seen farmers call into question other farmers' practices and
> spread rumors about them. They spent a lot of time
discredting someone who
> is working hard and then their accusations ended up being false.
>
> The only reliable method is to either buy from a farm whose
practices you
> know intimately, or to trust that an independent agency has
certified them,
> or to trust the label. And as we have seen in Belgium, there
are times
> when a lack of trust is warranted. Trust, but trust wisely.
>
> Mark
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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 19:15:25 +1000
From: "Argall Family" <grargall@alphalink.com.au>
Subject: RE: NIR Helps Turn Vegetable Oil into High-Quality Biofuel

Where canola oil is added to diesel fuel in Europe [at 30%],
some vehicle
manufacturers approve, others advise that their existing fuel
systems will
be corroded by vegetable oils, and parts would need replacing
to use the new
fuel..

Interesting that vehicle manufacturers warn vehicle users of
the tendency of
vegetable oils to rancidify, but general medical opinion is
that they are a
good thing in humans. Rancidification occurs at room
temperature, more so at
body temperature, where they inhibit respiration and promote lipid
peroxidation. Perhaps when there is a bigger market for such oils in
machines, there will be less marketing of them to people.

Dennis

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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 07:52:36 -0700
From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
Subject: FW: Vanadium: Nature's "Junk Food" For Plants

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From: "ARS News Service" <isnv@ars-grin.gov>
To: "ARS News List" <ars-news@ars-grin.gov>
Subject: Vanadium: Nature's "Junk Food" For Plants
Date: Wed, Jun 16, 1999, 7:06 AM

NEWS RELEASE:
Vanadium: Nature's "Junk Food" For Plants

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ARS News Service
Agricultural Research Service, USDA
June 16, 1999
Don Comis, (301) 504-1625, dcomis@asrr.arsusda.gov
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MORRIS, Minn., June 16--Gardeners and farmers who are used to
checking the
N-P-K (nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium) levels on their
fertilizer bags may
someday be checking N-P-K-V levels in their soil. That's V for vanadium.

Vanadium "impersonates" phosphorus and can confuse a plant into
eating it
instead of phosphorus. That can cause the plant to experience a
phenomenon
akin to that of people who eat junk food in place of a nutritious meal,
reports soil scientist Alan F. Olness with the USDA's
Agricultural Research
Service.

"The hunger goes away but the nutrients never arrive," said Olness, with
ARS' North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory in
Morris, Minn.
"Phosphorus is an essential nutrient plants need for growth.
But vanadium, a
trace element abundant in soils throughout the world, is useless to many
plants, including corn, soybean, tomatoes, Impatiens and petunias."

Olness plans to study different soil types this summer to see
if there is
any relationship between soil type and high vanadium content.

"During a growing season," he said, "plants may have only two
or three time
windows during which they can take in phosphorus. If they fill up on
vanadium instead, they miss out on phosphorus, because their root cells
can't tell them apart. Their growth and development--and
yields--suffer. The
more vanadium, the more the plant slows down and the lower the
yield. For
ornamentals, the slowdown could result in less beauty and hardiness."

Vanadium captured Olness' interest about a decade ago, when he
discovered
that it mysteriously reduces soybean yields.

"Studying the vanadium effect has been some of the most
exciting work of my
career," said Olness, who has worked as an ARS soil scientist
for 32 years.

In the past 3 years, he and colleagues have confirmed earlier
work showing t
hat plants do confuse this little-known soil trace element with
phosphorus.

Plants may not be the only organisms misled by vanadium.
"Vanadium may be
the missing element causing lapses in the accuracy of soil phosphorus
recommendations given to farmers and gardeners," Olness said.

Standard soil tests don't measure vanadium. Ten years ago,
Olness developed
a test that does. It also measures the ratio of vanadium to
soil phosphorus
and other nutrients. Olness said this test could be used to recalculate
phosphorus recommendations. The optimum economic amounts of
phosphorus would
have to be re-determined through research. Scientists would
have to consider
the soil's ratio of vanadium to phosphorus when they correlate
phosphorus
concentrations with plant growth.

"This could lead to higher phosphorus recommendations in soils
that are very
high in vanadium--probably over 150 parts per million," Olness
said. "But it
could also lower phosphorus recommendations in soils with low levels,
perhaps under 100 ppm.

"And the test can identify soils so high in vanadium that it wouldn't be
economical to add the high levels of phosphorus required to
boost yields. In
that case, the farmer or gardener might want to switch to a
crop that needs
less phosphorus or a crop variety that blocks or neutralizes
vanadium within
the plant."

There's even hope for the vanadium-befuddled soybean, according
to Olness.
"We know vanadium 'immunity' can be bred into plants, because we found a
soybean variety that is rather unaffected by vanadium. This
provides us with
hope we can extend the ability of this variety to other crops.
One of the
next steps is to determine how this variety is controlling vanadium."

He plans to expand his soil testing to other states in the
Mississippi River
Valley. He also plans to develop a phosphorus advisory so farmers can
account for the vanadium effect.

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Scientific contact: Alan E. Olness, ARS North Central Soil Conservation
Research Laboratory, Morris, Minn., phone (320) 589-3411, fax (320)
589-3787, aolness@mail.mrsars.usda.gov.
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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 10:58:01 -0500
From: "Wilson, Dale" <WILSONDO@phibred.com>
Subject: Biodiesel

Dennis,

I just got back from a canola workshop, and am psyched about
the plasticity
of this crop. I am wondering if anybody on the list has had
experience with
biodiesel.

> Where canola oil is added to diesel fuel in Europe [at 30%],
> some vehicle manufacturers approve, others advise that their
> existing fuel systems will be corroded by vegetable oils,
> and parts would need replacing to use the new fuel.

I thought the big problem was carbonization in the injectors.
I believe one
can transesterify vegetable oil in your garage to make methyl esters of
fatty acids, a more thermally stable fuel than triglycerides.

> Interesting that vehicle manufacturers warn vehicle users of
> the tendency of vegetable oils to rancidify..

With new oilseed varieties low in polyunsaturates, oxidation and gum
formation should be less of a hazard.

I am sure that as oil prices climb in the next few decades,
biodiesel will
become an important fuel. Oilseeds could be bred specifically
for this use.

Dale

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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 12:06:19 -0400
From: Andy Clark <aclark@nal.usda.gov>
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?USDA_Advisory_Committee_Openings=A0_URGENT?=

SANet:

There are openings on three key USDA
advisory committees, for your information. Details below.
Please use contact information listed below for more information.

1) <> Biotech Advisory Committee Closing Date July
7, 1999 POSTMARKED

2) <> Small Farm Advisory Committee Closing Date
June 25, 1999 RECEIVED

3) <>REE Advisory Board Closing Date June 25, 1999
RECEIVED

<> Biotech Advisory Committee Closing Date July
7, 1999 POSTMARKED

USDA Secretary Dan Glickman announced the
formation of a new advisory committee to explore
policy issues that arise from the "creation,
application, trade, and use of agricultural
biotechnology." The committee will have 25
members, at least 20 of whom will come from
outside the federal government. From the Federal
Register notice (available under the Agriculture
Dept. listings at
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/a990607c.html

"Members of ACAB should have recognized expertise
in one or more of the following areas:
Recombinant-DNA (rDNA) research and applications
using plants; rDNA research and applications
using animals; rDNA research and applications
using microbes; food science; silviculture and
related forest science; fisheries science;
ecology; veterinary medicine; the broad range of
farming or agricultural practices; weed science;
plant pathology; small farm advocacy;
biodiversity issues; applicable laws and
regulations relevant to agricultural
biotechnology policy; risk assessment; consumer
advocacy and public attitudes; public
health/epidemiology; occupational health; ethics,
including bioethics; human medicine;
biotechnology industry activities and structure;
intellectual property rights systems; and
international trade. Members will be selected by
the Secretary of Agriculture in order to achieve
a balanced representation of viewpoints to
address effectively USDA biotechnology policy
issues under consideration."

Nominees will need to submit the following by
July 7, 1999: 1) a brief summary (2 page max.) of
qualifications; 2) a current resume; 3)a
completed form AD-755 (available online at
http://www.usda.gov/oce/osfsd/advisorynotice.htm as well
as from the SAC office and from Diane Harmon,
Office of Pest Management Policy, 202-720-3191,
e-mail dharmon@ars.usda.gov ). MSAWG members
should send copies of their nomination
information to Dave Butcher, MSAWG Grassroots
Coordinator, at davidb@uslink.net .

The designated USDA contact for information is
Michael Schechtman, Office of the Deputy
Secretary, 202-720-3817, fax 202-690-4265, e-mail
miachael.g.shechtman@usda.gov for more
information and receipt of nominations.

<> Small Farm Advisory Committee Closing Date
June 25, 1999 RECEIVED

USDA will form a 15 member Advisory Committee on
Small Farms in order to gather and analyze
information on small farms and ranches in the
U.S. and recommend actions to the Secretary to
enhance the viability of these operations. The
committee is explicitly intended to continue the
work of the National Commission on Small Farms,
and to "ensure" the implementation of the
Commissions recommendations in "A Time To Act."

>From the June 10, 1999 Federal Register notice
(also available at
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/a990610c.html

"Members will represent small farms and ranches,
and the diverse groups USDA programs serve,
including but not limited to, finance, commerce,
conservation, cooperatives, nonprofit
organizations, rural communities, academia, state
and local governments, Native Americans, farm
workers, and other interests as the Secretary
determines."

Nominations should include: name, title, address,
telephone number, and organization, and may be
submitted by e-mail to adrain@nass.usda.gov or
faxed to 202-690-4915. Form AD-755 is required,
and is available online at
http://www.usda.gov/oce/osfsd/advisorynotice.htm
as well
as from the SAC office and from USDA. Questions
or nominations should be directed to Alfonzo
Drain, Deputy Director of Small Farms, Office of
the Chief Economist, USDA, Room 112-A Jamie L.
Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, D.C. 20250-3810, telephone 202-720-
3238, fax 202-690-4915, e-mail
adrain@nass.usda.gov and must be received by June
25, 1999.

<>REE Advisory Board Closing Date June 25, 1999
RECEIVED

The 1996 Farm Bill authorizes the creation of the
National Agricultural Research, Extension,
Education and Economics Advisory Board, which has
operated since 1996. Because members serve for
staggered, three-year terms, ten slots on the
Board will be vacant as of September, 1999.
These positions are:

Farm Cooperatives
Plant Commodity Producers
National Aquaculture Associations
National Food Science Associations
National Nutritional Science Societies
Land-Grant Colleges and Universities 1862
Scientific Community not closely associated
with Agriculture
An Agency of USDA lacking research
capabilities
Research Agency of the Federal Government
other than USDA
National Organization directly concerned with
REE

Nominations should include: name, title, address,
telephone number, and organization, and submitted
to the Office of the Advisory Board, Research,
Education and Economics, Room 3918 South
Building, Washington, D.C. 20250-2255. Form AD-
755 is also required, and is available online at
http://www.usda.gov/oce/osfsd/advisorynotice.htm
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Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 03:56:33 +1000
From: "Argall Family" <grargall@alphalink.com.au>
Subject: RE: Biodiesel

Dale wrote

>I am sure that as oil prices climb in the next few decades,
biodiesel will
become an important fuel. Oilseeds could be bred specifically
for this use.

another friend, Ray Peat, [ http://www.efn.org/~raypeat/ ] to
whom I passed
the original information on this has commented to me:

>Then, Monsanto will discover that biodiesel fuel is better for
human health
than soybean oil.

>Agricultural economists have said that modern methods use at least five
calories of petroleum to produce one calorie of food.
Producing the fuel
oil from soybean oil would take additional energy. Using, e.g., ten
gallons of petroleum to produce one gallon of diesel wouldn't be
economical, unless the oil companies have come around to the idea that
petroleum is being regenerated faster than we can use it.

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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 16:45:51 EDT
From: Twittman@aol.com
Subject: FOOD FOR THOUGHT--A VIDEO ABOUT GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD

FOOD FOR THOUGHT--A VIDEO ABOUT GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD

Do you know.that many of the foods on our supermarket
shelves--including
most of the soy, corn, and canola products--are geneticaly engineered?

Do you know.that scientists are crossing species that would never breed
in nature, such as tomatoes and fish, or toads and potatoes?

How do you feel about eating genetically altered food that is
actually a
pesticide?

None of these genetically engineered foods are tested or labeled by the
government, yet many of us are unknowingly eating them every day.
European countries are rejecting what many people are branding as
"Frankenfoods". Here, in the U.S., the situation will only get worse
until the American public demands the right to know which foods
have been
genetically altered.
Are the genetic changes that are being engineered into
thousands of
foods safe?
What are the movtives behind genetic engineering of our foods...?
...to help the human race?
...or to increase the profits of large multi-national
corporations?

FOOD FOR THOUGHT, a 30-minute video by award-winning director Ed
Schehl describes the ethical concerns,the threats to organic farming,
and the potential health hazards of genetically engineered foods.
Consumer advocates, organic farmers and organic food producers examine
how large chemical companies, such as Monsanto are profiting
from genetic
manipulation of our food supply and raise questions of government
collusion. The video is a wake-up call and a call to action.
For more information about FOOD FOR THOUGHT, contact The Video
Project at (800) 4-planet or via e-mail: videoproject@videoproject.org

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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 17:15:00 -0400
From: Tad Williams <twilliams@progressivepubs.com>
Subject: New Progressive Website

Dear Sir or Madam,

I thought you would be interested in checking out a new online resource
for political progressives called www.ProgressivePubs.com

Here’s what we’ve got already:

- An online database of more than 500 progressive foundations, which
you can use for free to find out about their funding priorities, program
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- A bookstore featuring books, studies, and reports produced by
progressive nonprofits, where you can do one-stop shopping on hot
political issues. (If you belong to an organization that wants help
marketing all that good work you’ve got sitting on the shelf, let us
know.)

In addition, we’re developing – hopefully, with your assistance – online
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Please visit us at www.ProgressivePubs.com

You can also reach us by phone (202-238-0010), fax (202-238-0011), or
mail (P.O. Box 11335, Washington, DC 20008). Other details about
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- Tad Williams, Marketing Director

P.S. – In case you’re wondering, we got your e-mail address from one of
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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 16:12:30 -0500
From: "Wilson, Dale" <WILSONDO@phibred.com>
Subject: RE: Biodiesel

Dennis,

I wrote:
>> I am sure that as oil prices climb in the next few decades,
>> biodiesel will become an important fuel. Oilseeds could be bred
>> specifically for this use.

Ray Peat wrote:
>> ...will discover that biodiesel fuel is better
>> for human health than soybean oil.

There is an element of truth to this. High-oleic oilseeds
yield a healthful
oil (much like olive), also good for certain industrial uses.

You wrote:
> Agricultural economists have said that modern methods use at
> least five calories of petroleum to produce one calorie of food.

Don't believe everything you read, or assume the context of remarks like
that, to be relevant. But even if that were true in the vegetable oil
context, it won't be true in the future, when petroleum becomes
expensive.
Farmers are smart enough to produce crops with the resources at
hand. They
use a lot of petroleum now because the price is low.

Dale

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Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 08:34:28 +1200
From: wohlfart@chch.agnz.co.nz ()
Subject: Australian Canola has non-genetic edge

Australia Canola has non-genetic edge - ABARE
AUSTRALIA: June 16, 1999

SYDNEY - Australian guarantees that its canola was not genetically
modified had underpinned expansion in its canola exports, the
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) said
yesterday.

In its June quarter Australian Commodities, the government commodities
analyst said Australian canola production in 1999/00 was
forecast to exceed
two million tonnes, yet another record.
ABARE's latest forecast of canola production of 2.011 million tonnes is
unchanged on its previous forecast and compares with 1.664
million tonnes
production in 1998/99.
Large amounts of Australian canola continued to be exported to
destinations
that were less sensitive to genetically modified seed, ABARE said.
With genetically modified canola varieties likely to be
available to Australian
farmers in the next couple of years, the industry would have to
consider
segregating genetically modified and non-genetically modified
canola, it said.
After significant expansion of its canola production in the
past two years,
Australia was now the second largest exporter after Canada.
Competition for export markets was likely to intensify in
1999/00 but Australia
was likely to gain some benefits from its current
non-genetically modified
status, ABARE said.
ABARE forecast that Australian canola prices would fall by 19
percent to an
average A$285 a tonne in 1999/00.
Nearly 1.6 million tonnes of Australian canola was forecast to
be available for
export in 1999/00, up by 26 percent on 1998/99.

REUTERS NEWS SERVICE

Samira Wohlfart
Organic Products Exporters Group Inc. (OPEG)
PO Box 8640
Christchurch
New Zealand
Ph: +64 3 348-0979
Fax: +64 3 348-1867
Email: wohlfart@chch.agnz.co.nz
Website: http://www.organicsnewzealand.org.nz

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