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.
This book will encourage those inspired by the film to learn more about the issues, and act to change the world.
... Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed. Cambridge, Mass.: South End Press, 2007. A collection of essays by writers including Carlo Petrini, Michael Pollan, and Prince Charles. Dealing with such questions as: How are seeds cultivated ...
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This complete summary of "Food, Inc." by Karl Weber, a collection of challenging essays by leading experts, presents the work's insight into the health issues created by the food industry and offers ways of circumnavigating these problems.
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Presents 40 recipes using the plant-based Impossible Burger, created by Impossible Foods.
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Now the subject of a film by Richard Linklater, Eric Schlosser's explosive bestseller Fast Food Nation: What the All-American Meal is Doing to the World tells the story of our love affair with fast food.