Madcow

Michael Greger, M.D. - Michael Greger, MD is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Agriculture and the Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Greger has been speaking out about mad cow disease since 1993. He is currently the BSE Coordinator for the Organic Consumers Association, has debated National Cattlemen's Beef Association Director Gary Weber in front of the FDA, and was invited as an expert witness at the Oprah Winfrey trial.

Phone: (857) 928-2778
Email: mhg1@cornell.edu
Location: Jamaica Plain, MA
Additional: www.organicconsumers.org/madcow.htm

Joseph Mendelson, III - Legal Director, Center for Food Safety,
Washington, DC. Expert on all legislative and legal issues pertaining
to
BSE.

Phone: (202) 547-9359
Email: joemend@icta.org
Location: Washington, DC
Additional: www.centerforfoodsafety.org/li/BSEexec0199.html

James A. Riddle - Organic Policy Specialist for NewFarm.org, a project of non-profit The Rodale Institute, Kutztown, PA. Can speak to the relevance and value of organic production and related minimization of BSE risk factors.

Phone: (507) 454-8310
Email: jriddle@hbci.com
Location: Winona, MN
Additional: www.NewFarm.org

Mark Ritchie - President, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy,
Minneapolis, MN. Previously serving as Executive Director of the Center for Rural Studies and policy analyst at the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Mark is the author of numerous books, articles, and studies on a wide range of agriculture, food, environment, forestry, human rights and trade issues.

Cell: (612) 385-7921
Email: mritchie@iatp.org
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Additional: www.iatp.org

John Stauber - Co-Author of Mad Cow U.S.A.: Could the Nightmare Happen Here? (1997). Before founding the Center for Media & Democracy in 1993, he worked for five years for the Foundation on Economic Trends, a Washington, DC nonprofit organization, researching possible health and economic impacts of recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) and organizing concerned citizens and farmers.

Phone: (608) 260-9713
Cell: (608) 279-4044
Email: stauber@tds.net
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Additional: Mad Cow USA free on-line download at:
www.prwatch.org/books/mcusa.pdf