For most people, the global war over genetically modified foods is
a distant and confusing one. The battles are conducted in the
mystifying language of genetics.
A handful of corporate "life science" giants, such as Monsanto,
are pitted against a worldwide network of anticorporate ecowarriors
like Greenpeace. And yet the possible benefits of biotech
agriculture to our food supply are too vital to be left to either
partisan.
The companies claim to be leading a new agricultural revolution
that will save the world with crops modified to survive frost,
drought, pests, and plague. The greens warn that "playing God" with
plant genes is dangerous. It could create new allergies, upset
ecosystems, destroy biodiversity, and produce uncontrollable
mutations. Worst of all, the antibiotech forces say, a single food
conglomerate could end up telling us what to eat.
In "Food, Inc.," acclaimed journalist Peter Pringle shows how
both sides in this overheated conflict have made false promises,
engaged in propaganda science, and indulged in fear-mongering. In
this urgent dispatch, he suggests that a fertile partnership
between consumers, corporations, scientists, and farmers could
still allow the biotech harvest to reach its full potential in
helping to overcome the problem of world hunger, providing
nutritious food and keeping the environment healthy.
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