>Subject: New to this List
>Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 21:42:52 GMT+1
>
>Hello !
>
>I'm Thomas, from France.
>
>I'm new to this list so I post a short introduction :
>
>I'm an agronomist, working as a civil servant in northern
>France.
>
>Sustainable agriculture is a big issue on this side of
>the Atlantic:
>-we are facing the post-BSE syndrom, and recently, we had a
>major crisis in poultry, linked with dioxine.
>-there's more and more concern about GMOs (should there be
>a moratorium, are there any environmental/health
>risks...etc), and public awareness is growing fastly.
>-market for organic farming products is exploding.
>
>The EU is launching a seven years program for
>agriculture. It supports sustainable practices, and
>sustainability is now part of every international
>negotiation, including WTO millenium round.
>
>Thought it would be interesting to read first-hand
>comments on sustainable production systems, and debates
>going on in this field in the US...
>
>For now I found all I read from you all really
>interesting.
>
>Au revoir !
>
>
>
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