Lords Of The Harvest

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Lords Of The Harvest

Lords Of The Harvest
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Publisher : Basic Books
Total Pages : 390
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ISBN-10 : 9780786723768
ISBN-13 : 0786723769
Rating : 4/5 (769 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Lords Of The Harvest by : Dan Charles

Download or read book Lords Of The Harvest written by Dan Charles and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-08-04 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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