Tomorrow's table : organic farming, genetics, and the future of food / Pamela C. Ronald, Raoul W. Adamchak.

  • Ronald, Pamela C.
Date:
2008
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Publication/Creation

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Physical description

xviii, 208 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-197) and index.

Contents

Cultivating sacred rice in Nihe, China and Davis, California -- Why organic agriculture? -- The tools of organic agriculture -- The tools of genetic engineering -- Legislating lunch -- Who can we trust? -- Is GE food risky to eat? -- Conserving wildlands -- Weeds, gene flow, and the environment -- Who owns the seed? -- Who owns the genes? -- Deconstructing dinner: genetically engineered, organically grown.
Cultivating sacred rice in Nihe, China and Davis, California -- Why organic agriculture? -- The tools of organic agriculture -- The tools of genetic engineering -- Legislating lunch -- Who can we trust? -- Is GE food risky to eat? -- Conserving wildlands -- Pollen flow and the environment -- Who owns the seed? -- Who owns the genes? -- Deconstructing dinner: genetically engineered, organically grown.

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    TP248.65.F66 2008R66t
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ISBN

  • 9780195301755
  • 0195301757