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Food, Inc.: Mendel to Monsanto--The Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest
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- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Intended Audience
- Adult
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- ISBN
- 9780743267632
- Book Title
- Food, Inc : Mendel to Monsanto--The Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Cooking, Science, Health & Fitness
- Topic
- Biotechnology, Diet & Nutrition / Nutrition, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, General
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Item Weight
- 8.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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For most people, the global war over genetically modified foods is a distant and confusing one. The battles are conducted in the mystifying language of genetics. A handful of corporate "life science" giants, such as Monsanto, are pitted against a worldwide network of anticorporate ecowarriors like Greenpeace. And yet the possible benefits of biotech agriculture to our food supply are too vital to be left to either partisan. The companies claim to be leading a new agricultural revolution that will save the world with crops modified to survive frost, drought, pests, and plague. The greens warn that "playing God" with plant genes is dangerous. It could create new allergies, upset ecosystems, destroy biodiversity, and produce uncontrollable mutations. Worst of all, the antibiotech forces say, a single food conglomerate could end up telling us what to eat. In Food, Inc., acclaimed journalist Peter Pringle shows how both sides in this overheated conflict have made false promises, engaged in propaganda science, and indulged in fear-mongering. In this urgent dispatch, he suggests that a fertile partnership between consumers, corporations, scientists, and farmers could still allow the biotech harvest to reach its full potential in helping to overcome the problem of world hunger, providing nutritious food and keeping the environment healthy.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
074326763x
ISBN-13
9780743267632
eBay Product ID (ePID)
25038677861
Product Key Features
Book Title
Food, Inc : Mendel to Monsanto--The Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Biotechnology, Diet & Nutrition / Nutrition, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, General
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Cooking, Science, Health & Fitness
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Item Weight
8.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
S494.5.B563p74 2005
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Matt Ridley Author of Genome Peter Pringle has done the near-impossible: maintained an open mind about GM food. That makes his conclusions all the more valuable in this crucial debate., George McGovernPeter Pringle, one of our most respected and perceptive authors, has given us the best book available on the complex and important matter of genetically modified foods. This book is the invaluable work of a dedicated craftsman in search of the truth behind the superheated rhetoric -- pro and con -- of the raging scientific food controversy., Robert M. Goodman Professor of Plant Pathology, University of WisconsinMadison Peter Pringle presents the most comprehensive and lucid account yet of the history, science, and politics of food made with genetic engineering. Along the way he tells many fascinating stories, among them an account of the great Russian botanist N. I. Vavilov and how his massive food-crop seed collection came to be spared from Hitler's bombardment of Leningrad., Robert M. GoodmanProfessor of Plant Pathology, University of WisconsinMadisonPeter Pringle presents the most comprehensive and lucid account yet of the history, science, and politics of food made with genetic engineering. Along the way he tells many fascinating stories, among them an account of the great Russian botanist N. I. Vavilov and how his massive food-crop seed collection came to be spared from Hitler's bombardment of Leningrad., Robert M. Goodman Professor of Plant Pathology, University of WisconsinMadison Peter Pringle presents the most comprehensive and lucid account yet of the history, science, and politics of food made with genetic engineering. Along the way he tells many fascinating stories, among them an account of the great Russian botanist N. I. Vavilov and how his massive food-crop seed collection came to be spared from Hitler's bombardment of Leningrad., Matt RidleyAuthor of Genome Peter Pringle has done the near-impossible: maintained an open mind about GM food. That makes his conclusions all the more valuable in this crucial debate., George McGovern Peter Pringle, one of our most respected and perceptive authors, has given us the best book available on the complex and important matter of genetically modified foods. This book is the invaluable work of a dedicated craftsman in search of the truth behind the superheated rhetoric -- pro and con -- of the raging scientific food controversy., Robert M. GoodmanProfessor of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-MadisonPeter Pringle presents the most comprehensive and lucid account yet of the history, science, and politics of food made with genetic engineering. Along the way he tells many fascinating stories, among them an account of the great Russian botanist N. I. Vavilov and how his massive food-crop seed collection came to be spared from Hitler's bombardment of Leningrad., Robert M. Goodman Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Peter Pringle presents the most comprehensive and lucid account yet of the history, science, and politics of food made with genetic engineering. Along the way he tells many fascinating stories, among them an account of the great Russian botanist N. I. Vavilov and how his massive food-crop seed collection came to be spared from Hitler's bombardment of Leningrad., Robert M. GoodmanProfessor of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin?MadisonPeter Pringle presents the most comprehensive and lucid account yet of the history, science, and politics of food made with genetic engineering. Along the way he tells many fascinating stories, among them an account of the great Russian botanist N. I. Vavilov and how his massive food-crop seed collection came to be spared from Hitler's bombardment of Leningrad., Matt RidleyAuthor ofGenomePeter Pringle has done the near-impossible: maintained an open mind about GM food. That makes his conclusions all the more valuable in this crucial debate., Robert M. GoodmanProfessor of Plant Pathology, University of WisconsinMadisonPeter Pringle presents the most comprehensive and lucid account yet of the history, science, and politics of food made with genetic engineering. Along the way he tells many fascinating stories, among them an account of the great Russian botanist N. I. Vavilov and how his massive food-crop seed collection came to be spared from Hitler's bombardment of Leningrad.
Table of Content
Contents Introduction 1. Mendel¹s Little Secret 2. Seeds of Gold 3. The Plague of Sameness 4. A New Sort of Tomato 5. The Battle of Basmati 6. Of Cauliflower, Potatoes, and Snowdrops 7. Anatomy of a Poisoned Butterfly 8. The Plant Hunters 9. The Cornfields of Oaxaca 10. So Shall We Reap Notes Acknowledgments Index
Copyright Date
2005
Lccn
2003-042823
Dewey Decimal
363.192
Dewey Edition
22
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