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Author Ronald, Pamela C.

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

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  363.19 RONALD    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 208 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-197) and index.
Contents Foreword / Sir Gordon Conway -- About the authors -- Introduction -- 1. Cultivating sacred rice in Nihe, China and Davis, California / (Pam) -- The farm -- 2. Why organic agriculture? / (Raoul) -- 3. The tools of organic agriculture / (Raoul) -- The lab -- 4. The tools of genetic engineering / (Pam) -- Consumers -- 5. Legislating lunch / (Pam) -- 6. Who can we trust? / (Pam) -- 7. Is GE food risky to eat? / (Pam) --
The enviroment -- 8. Conserving wildlands / (Pam) -- 9. Weeds, gene flow, and the environment / (Pam) -- Ownership -- 10. Who owns the seed? / (Pam) -- 11. Who owns the genes? / (Pam) -- Dinner -- 12. Deconstructing dinner: genetically engineered, organically grown / (Pam & Raoul) -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
Subject Food -- Biotechnology.
Genetically modified foods.
Organic farming.
Genetic engineering.
Added Author Adamchak, Raoul W., 1953-
ISBN 9780195301755 alkaline paper
0195301757 alkaline paper
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