Andrew Kimbrell became Executive Director of the International Center for Technology Assessment (ICTA) in 1994 and is also Executive Director of the Center for Food Safety, which he co-founded in 1997. He is one of the country's leading environmental attorneys and the author of books on the environment, technology and society, and food issues; his most recent is "Your Right to Know: Genetic Engineering and the Secret Changes in Your Food" (2006). Kimbrell's articles on law, technology, social and psychological issues have also appeared in numerous law reviews, technology journals, popular magazines and newspapers across the country.

Mr. Kimbrell's current work emphasizes policy and grass roots work on food issues including promoting organic and sustainable food, and opposing destructive technologies and practices such as genetic engineering, factory farming, irradiation, sewage sludge and the patenting of seeds and other life forms.

He has been featured in numerous documentaries including the recent film "The Future of Food" and has appeared on numerous radio and television programs across the country. He has testified before numerous congressional and regulatory hearings. In 1994, the Utne Reader named Kimbrell as one of the world's leading 100 visionaries.

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