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631.521 C971 208-3160
Uncertain peril : genetic engineering and the future of seeds
Cummings, Claire Hope, 1943-

Control number:	ocn147987073
ISBN:	9780807085806
ISBN:	0807085804
Local control number:	(OCoLC)147987073
Author:	Cummings, Claire Hope, 1943-
Title:	Uncertain peril : genetic engineering and the future of seeds / Claire Hope Cummings.
Imprint:	Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, c2008.
Physical description:	xix, 232 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents:	The rise of the techno-elites -- Trade secrets -- Trespass -- Political science -- The ownership society -- The turning points -- Who owns rice? -- The botany of scarcity -- The botany of abundance -- A green wealth -- Ripe for change -- A conversation with corn -- The down-turned hand -- A cabinet of seeds displayed -- Epilogue: the seeded earth.
Summary:	Examines the rise of industrial agriculture and plant biotechnology, the fall of public interest science, and the folly of patenting seeds. The author suggests how green technologies and new approaches to food and farming methods will provide a way out of this growing predicament.
Held by:	NYSL
Subject:	Agricultural biotechnology--Political aspects.
Subject:	Transgenic plants--Economic aspects.
Subject:	Transgenic plants--Risk assessment.
Subject:	Consumer protection--Citizen participation.
Subject:	Seeds--Biotechnology.
Call number:	631.521 C971 208-3160

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