Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food

Author:   Pamela C. Ronald (Professor of Plant Pathology, Professor of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis) ,  Raoul W. Adamchak (Market Garden Coordinator, Market Garden Coordinator, University of California, Davis)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
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9780199342082


Pages:   376
Publication Date:   26 April 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Pamela C. Ronald (Professor of Plant Pathology, Professor of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis) ,  Raoul W. Adamchak (Market Garden Coordinator, Market Garden Coordinator, University of California, Davis)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 22.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9780199342082


ISBN 10:   0199342083
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   26 April 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Foreword to the First Edition by Sir Gordon Conway Foreword to the Second Edition by Michael Specter Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Acknowledgments About the Authors Part I: Introduction 1. Green Revolution 2.0 Part II: The Farm 2. Why Organic Agriculture? 3. The Tools of Organic Agriculture Part III: The Laboratory 4. The Tools of Genetic Engineering Part IV: Consumers 5. Legislating Lunch 6. Whom Can We Trust? 7. Are Genetically Engineered Foods Safe to Eat? 8. The Mistrust of Science Part V: The Environment 9. Conserving Wildlands 10. Weeds, Gene Flow, and the Environment Part VI: Ownership 11. Who Owns the Seed? 12. The Seed Industry: Accelerating or Impeding Innovation? Part VII: The World 13. Feeding the World Ethically 14. Choosing Innovation Part VIII: Dinner 15. Deconstructing Dinner: Genetically Engineered, Organically Grown Glossary References Index

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Pamela C. Ronald is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center at the University of California, Davis. Raoul W. Adamchak has grown organic crops for thirty years. He farms and teaches at the certified organic Market Garden at the University of California, Davis Student Farm. Raoul has received the UC Davis 2020 Sustainability Champion Award for Environmental Excellence.

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