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Tomorrow's table : organic farming, genetics, and the future of food
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Tomorrow's table : organic farming, genetics, and the future of food

Author: Pamela C Ronald; Raoul W Adamchak
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"By the year 2050, Earth's population will double. If we continue with current farming practices, vast amounts of wilderness will be lost, millions of birds and billions of insects will die, and the public will lose billions of dollars as a consequence of environmental degradation. Clearly, there must be a better way to meet the need for increased food production. Written as part memoir, part instruction, and part  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Pamela C Ronald; Raoul W Adamchak
ISBN: 9780195301755 0195301757 9780195393576 0195393570
OCLC Number: 85162156
Description: xvii, 208 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
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 environment --
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.
Responsibility: Pamela C. Ronald and Raoul W. Adamchak.
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"By the year 2050, Earth's population will double. If we continue with current farming practices, vast amounts of wilderness will be lost, millions of birds and billions of insects will die, and the public will lose billions of dollars as a consequence of environmental degradation. Clearly, there must be a better way to meet the need for increased food production. Written as part memoir, part instruction, and part contemplation, Tomorrow's Table argues that a judicious blend of two important strands of agriculture--genetic engineering and organic farming--is key to helping feed the world's growing population in an ecologically balanced manner. Pamela Ronald, a geneticist, and her husband, Raoul Adamchak, an organic farmer, take the reader inside their lives for roughly a year, allowing us to look over their shoulders so that we can see what geneticists and organic farmers actually do. The reader sees the problems that farmers face, trying to provide larger yields without resorting to expensive or environmentally hazardous chemicals, a problem that will loom larger and larger as the century progresses. They learn how organic farmers and geneticists address these problems. This book is for consumers, farmers, and policy decision makers who want to make food choices and policy that will support ecologically responsible farming practices. It is also for anyone who wants accurate information about organic farming, genetic engineering, and their potential impacts on human health and the environment"--Publisher's web site.

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Interspersed with nuggets of science, home made recipes (really) and anecdotes. Biologist

 
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