Description |
322 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Part One Roots -- Are GMOs Safe? Is That the Right Question? -- The Long, Paved Road to Industrial Food, and the Disappearance of the American Farmer -- Mapping and Engineering and Playing Prometheus -- Part Two Seeds -- The Fruit That Saved an Island -- Trouble in Paradise -- Fighting for That Which Feeds Us -- Part Three Fruit -- Feeding the World -- The Plant That Started Civilization, and the Plant That Could Save It -- Can GMOs Be Sustainable? -- The Farm Next Door. |
Summary |
Are GMOs really that bad? A prominent environmental journalist takes a fresh look at what they actually mean for our food system and for us. |
Subject(S) |
Transgenic plants.
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Crops -- Genetic engineering.
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ISBN |
9781594634604 |
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1594634602 |
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