DISCLAIMER! This category has not been updated in a very long time; due to limited resources we have to focus on other categories. The materials listed here are old (and only a small proportion of the available literature on this topic), but they are still useful.

• ETC Group (Erosion, Technology, & Concentration). (November, 2004). Down on the Farm: The Impact of Nano-Scale Technologies on Food and Agriculture. Ottowa, Canada. Report
• Kalaugher, L. (2002, August 16). Alfalfa plants harvest gold nanoparticles. Nanotechweb. Article
• Nanoforum, the European Nanotechnology Gateway. (April 2006). Nanotechnology in Agriculture and Food. Report
• Rico CM, Majumdar S, Duarte-Gardea M, Peralta-Videa JR, Gardea-Torresdey JL.(2011). Interaction of nanoparticles with edible plants and their possible implications in the food chain. Journal of Agrnicultal and Food Chemistry, 59(8): 3485-3498, PMID: 21405020. Abstract.
• Spotts, P. (2002, August 29). No Fairy Tale: Researchers Spin Straw Into Gold. The Christian Science Monitor. Article
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). (2003). Nanoscale science and engineering for agriculture and food systems. A report submitted to cooperative state research, education, and extension service, National Planning Workshop, Nov., 2002. Report
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Twenty-first Century Agriculture: A critical role for science and technology. June, 2003. Article
• Woodrow Wilson Center and University of Minnesota’s Center for Science, Technology, and Public Policy. (September 2006). Nanotechnology in Agriculture and Food. Report

Last updated November 2006 - Mathilde Colin