Food Fight
GMOs and the Future of the American Diet
New York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2017]
Format: Book
Description: 322 pages ; 24 cm
"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,"--Amazon.com.
Contents:
Square tomatoes -- 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 -- Epilogue. Getting our hands dirty.
ISBN:
9781594634604 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SCIENCE Agriculture Jen | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.