Tomorrow's table : organic farming, genetics, and the future of food / Pamela C. Ronald [and] Raoul W. Adamchak.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ronald, Pamela C.
Other Authors:	Adamchak, Raoul W., 1953-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, c2008.
Subjects:	Food > Biotechnology. Genetically modified foods. Organic farming. Genetic engineering.
Online Access:	Table of contents only

Table of Contents:

Foreword / Sir Gordon Conway
About the authors
Introduction
1. Cultivating sacred rice in Nihe, China and Davis, California / (Pam)
The farm
2. Why organic agriculture? / (Raoul)
3. The tools of organic agriculture / (Raoul)
The lab
4. The tools of genetic engineering / (Pam)
Consumers
5. Legislating lunch / (Pam)
6. Who can we trust? / (Pam)
7. Is GE food risky to eat? / (Pam)
The environment
8. Conserving wildlands / (Pam)
9. Weeds, gene flow, and the environment / (Pam)
Ownership
10. Who owns the seed? / (Pam)
11. Who owns the genes? / (Pam)
Dinner
12. Deconstructing dinner: genetically engineered, organically grown / (Pam & Raoul)
Glossary
References
Index.

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