Rachel Smolker is codirector of Biofuelwatch. She is on the steering committee of the Campaign to Stop GE Trees, and is on the board of the Global Forest Coalition. She has a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and lives in Vermont.
Anne Petermann is the co-Founder and Executive Director of Global Justice Ecology Project and the co-founder and Coordinator of the international Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees.
Rural America
The GMO American Chestnut: Restoration of a Beloved Species or Biotech Trojan Horse?
Rachel Smolker and Anne Petermann
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
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