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Lords of the Harvest: Biotech, Big Mo... by Charles, Daniel Paperback / softback
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 073820773X
- EAN
- 9780738207735
- Publication Name
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- Type
- Paperback
- Release Title
- Lords of the Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, And The Future Of Food
- Artist
- Charles, Daniel
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-10
073820773X
ISBN-13
9780738207735
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23038691941
Product Key Features
Book Title
Lords of the Harvest : Biotech, Big Money, and the Future of Food
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy (See Also Social Science / Agriculture & Food), Biotechnology, World
Publication Year
2002
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
16.5 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Synopsis
Biotech companies are creating designer crops with strange powers-from cholesterol-reducing soybeans to tobacco plants that act as solar-powered pharmaceutical factories. They promise great benefits: better health for consumers and more productive agriculture. But the vision has a dark side. In Lords of the Harvest, Daniel Charles tells the real story behind "Frankenstein foods"-the story you won't hear from the biotech companies or their fiercest opponents. He reveals for the first time the cutthroat scientific competition and backroom business deals that led to the first genetically engineered foods. And he exposes the secrets of campaigns on both sides of the Atlantic aimed at bringing down the biotech industry. A riveting tale of boundless ambition, political intrigue, and the quest for knowledge, Lords of the Harvest is ultimately a story of idealism and conflicting dreams about the shape of a better world., Once confined to the research laboratory, the genetic engineering of plants is now a big business that is changing the face of modern agriculture. Giant corporations are creating designer crops with strange powers-from cholesterol-reducing soybeans to plants that act as miniature drug factories, churning out everything from vaccines to insulin. They promise great benefits: better health for consumers, more productive agriculture-even an end to world hunger. But the vision has a dark side, one of profit-driven tampering with life and the possible destruction of entire ecosystems. In Lords of the Harvest , Daniel Charles takes us deep inside research labs, farm sheds, and corporate boardrooms to reveal the hidden story behind this agricultural revolution. He tells how a handful of scientists at Monsanto drove biotechnology from the lab into the field, and how the company's opponents are fighting back with every tool available to them, including the cynical manipulation of public fears. A dramatic account of boundless ambition, political intrigue, and the quest for knowledge, Lords of the Harvest is ultimately a story of idealism and of conflicting dreams about the shape of a better world.
LC Classification Number
HD9999.B443
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