CAST continues to grow in stature as a recognized source of science information for food, agricultural, and environmental issues. CAST products, officers and Dick Stuckey, Executive Vice President, are each in very high demand. Agricultural policy-makers increasingly invite CAST to provide testimony on key issues, and to review reports from the National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, and Federal agencies. These CAST services have influenced the direction and speed of Congressional decisions and actions on important issues. CAST publications on topics of national importance also have significant impact.
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They included testimony by Roger Beachy on agricultural biotechnology and Arther Kelman for EPA's proposed Plant Pesticide Rule. CAST is collaborating with the International Food Information Council and the Georgetown University Center for Food and Nutrition Policy in an effort to disseminate scientific information and facts about current food biotechnology issues to the national media. Summaries are available on the CAST web site. Additional information about these or other issue papers or reports can be found at the CAST web site . Two new societies joined CAST in 1999.