Press Release

Keep Antibiotics Working Coalition Applauds Tyson for Producing Fresh Chickens Without Antibiotics

Tyson Foods announced that in response to consumer demand its fresh chickens would be raised without antibiotics as another step in preserving the effectiveness of critical life-saving medicines.

Perennial Crops Key to Bioeconomy's Future, Science Article

Government policies that support an expansion of perennial energy crops for the new bioeconomy will help diversify Midwest farms and bring a series of economic and environmental benefits, according to an article published in the June 15 edition of Science.

EU Biofuels Report from GAIN

The EU biofuel industry has been developing very rapidly. Production of biodiesel in 2005 was 2,879,700 MT, and is expected to reach 8,100,000 MT in 2007. The production of bioethanol has also been increasing, from 830,976 MT in 2005 to reach an expected level of 3,690,150 MT in 2008.

New USDA Study Confirms Potential for Human Health Effects from Non-Therapeutic Antibiotic Use in Poultry

A new study published in the June 1 issue of Poultry Science showed that all of the Campylobacter bacteria isolated from the carcasses of broiler chickens that had been routinely fed doses of tylosin to promote growth were resistant to the nearly chemically identical human drug erythromycin.

Biofuels and International Development: Impacts on Food Security, Human Rights and the Environment

Invitation to a public symposium on Biofuels and Development hosted by IATP.

Central American Energy & Competitiveness Conference

DRaft conference overview for a Caribbean and Central American conference on the development of an integrated power market.

Four Leading Medical Organizations Tell FDA to Reject Animal Drug Used to Treat Life-Threatening Infections in Humans

Four of the nation’s top medical organizations have each sent letters to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), urging it not to approve the animal drug, cefquinome, an antibiotic that is a fourth-generation cephalosporin, which could elicit resistance to antibiotics vital in human medicine.