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Author Jenkins, McKay, 1963- author.

Title Food fight : GMOs and the future of the American diet / McKay Jenkins.

Publisher New York : Avery, 2017.

ISBN 9781594634604
1594634602



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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.
Crops -- Genetic engineering.
ISBN 9781594634604
1594634602