genetic engineering and the future of seeds Cummings, Claire Hope 1943- creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. mau Boston, Mass Beacon Press c2008 2008 monographic eng

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xix, 232 p. 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. 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. Claire Hope Cummings. Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Agricultural biotechnology Political aspects Transgenic plants Economic aspects Transgenic plants Risk assessment Consumer protection Citizen participation Seeds Biotechnology S494.5.B563 C86 2008eb 631.5/21 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10256103 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10256103 CaPaEBR 070625 ebr10256103