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

Ronald, Pamela C. (Author). Adamchak, Raoul W., 1953- (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780195301755
  • ISBN: 0195301757
  • Physical Description: xvii, 208 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-197) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
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.
Subject: Food > Biotechnology.
Genetically modified foods.
Organic farming.
Genetic engineering.

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