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For six years as food and farming editor, Claire hosted a popular weekly radio program on KPFA-FM, in Berkeley, California, the flagship station for the Pacifica Radio Network. She also reported regularly for KQED television, PBS for Northern California. Her work includes writing cover stories for national environmental magazines as well for newspapers, on-line and print publications. Articles Ripe for Change: Agriculture's Tipping PointAre GMOs Being Regulated or Not? Claire’s feature articles for World Watch Magazine include one on corn and culture, one on rice in California, and one on the history and invasiveness of GMOs. They are all available for free by searching on www.worldwatch.org. Claire co-authored the Environmental Media Service’s Reporters and Editor’s Guide to Agricultural Genetic Engineering, wrote the Farmer’s Guide to Genetic Engineering for the National Family Farm Coalition and Farm Aid, and is an expert in the regulatory issues involved in agricultural biotechnology. She has been studying its social and environmental impacts in Hawai‘i. For the last five years, Claire has been advising local groups and has conducted several speaking tours throughout the islands including presentations to Kauai Agricultural Advisory Board, to activist and organic farming groups, and the general public, educating them around the risks of genetically engineered crops and the multiple benefits of a traditional and diverse local food and farming economy. For more information on GMOs in Hawai‘i, read Uncertain Peril and follow the links at GMO FREE HAWAI‘I. In The News Report: Poor Farmers Looking to Biotech Farmers in 12 developing countries look to biotech, critics skeptical of impact, report says
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