Food, Inc.

Mendel to Monsanto--The Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest

By: Peter Pringle

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Paperback | 21 February 2005 | Edition Number 1

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For most people, the global war over genetically modified foods is a distant and confusing one. The battles are conducted in the mystifying language of genetics.
A handful of corporate "life science" giants, such as Monsanto, are pitted against a worldwide network of anticorporate ecowarriors like Greenpeace. And yet the possible benefits of biotech agriculture to our food supply are too vital to be left to either partisan.
The companies claim to be leading a new agricultural revolution that will save the world with crops modified to survive frost, drought, pests, and plague. The greens warn that "playing God" with plant genes is dangerous. It could create new allergies, upset ecosystems, destroy biodiversity, and produce uncontrollable mutations. Worst of all, the antibiotech forces say, a single food conglomerate could end up telling us what to eat.
In Food, Inc., acclaimed journalist Peter Pringle shows how both sides in this overheated conflict have made false promises, engaged in propaganda science, and indulged in fear-mongering. In this urgent dispatch, he suggests that a fertile partnership between consumers, corporations, scientists, and farmers could still allow the biotech harvest to reach its full potential in helping to overcome the problem of world hunger, providing nutritious food and keeping the environment healthy.

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Matt Ridley Author of Genome Peter Pringle has done the near-impossible: maintained an open mind about GM food. That makes his conclusions all the more valuable in this crucial debate.

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Introduction
Mendel?s Little Secret
Seeds of Gold
The Plague of Sameness
A New Sort of Tomato
The Battle of Basmati
Of Cauliflower, Potatoes, and Snowdrops
Anatomy of a Poisoned Butterfly
The Plant Hunters
The Cornfields of Oaxaca
So Shall We Reap
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
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Food, Inc.

Mendel to Monsanto--The Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest

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