The paradox of need vs. overabundance / Jonathan I. Taylor -- The industrialization of agriculture / Thomas N. Urban -- The biotech paradox / Roger H. Salquist -- The role of government in technological change / John J. Cohrssen -- The commercialization of biotechnology and the flow of new knowledge / Jozef S. Schell -- Science and international food regulation / Kees A. Van de Heijden -- Regulating biotechnological products / R. Tsugawa -- Agricultural trade and the new polish economy / Andrzej Olechowski -- The United States' role in the privatization of Eastern Europe / Carol C. Adelman -- Free trade between Mexico and the United States / Hermann von Bertrab -- Debt-for-science swaps : Mexico and the United States / George E. Brown -- Changes in the European Common agricultural policy / Robert Jackson. The global food system's contribution to the management of world hunger / Gerald I. Trant -- Nutrition & cancer : an historical scientific perspective / John Higginson -- Diet risk communication : a consumer advocate perspective / Ellen Haas -- Food safety as an element of risk assessment and management / D. Alan Bromley -- The new genetics, evolution and domestication : regulatory implications / Bernard D. Davis -- Adam's apple : a public policy panel on food safety / Charles R. Nesson -- Business-government relations / John T. Dunlop -- Food packaging and government regulation / Harry A. Teasley -- Sourcing fruits and vegetables in a global food system / John A. Woodhouse -- Government regulation of health messages / Arnold E. Langbo.