Engineering the farm : ethical and social aspects of agricultural biotechnology / edited by Britt Bailey and Marc Lappé
- Published:
- Washington, DC : Island Press, [2002]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2002
- Physical Description:
- xix, 202 pages ; 24 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Bailey, Britt and Lappé, Marc
- Contents:
- GMOs, Luddites, and concerned citizens / Marc Lappé and Britt Bailey -- Ethical issues involving the production, planting, and distribution of genetically modified crops / Sheldon Krimsky -- Why food biotechnology needs an opt out / Paul B. Thompson -- A naturalist looks at agricultural biotechnology / Brewster Kneen -- When transgenes wander, should we worry? / Norman C. Ellstrand -- Patents, plants, and people : the need for a new ethical paradigm / Lori B. Andrews -- Taking seriously the claim that genetic engineering could end hunger : a critical analysis / Peter Rosset. and The European response to GM foods : rethinking food governance / David Barling -- A societal role for assessing the safety of bioengineered foods / Britt Bailey -- Learning to speak ethics in technological debates / Carolyn Raffensperger -- A perspective on anti-biotechnology convictions / Marc Lappé -- The biotech distraction / Francis Moore Lappé -- In defense of the precautionary principle / Carolyn Raffensperger and Katherine Barrett -- A declaration of bioethics and agricultural biotechnology / Marc Lappé and Phil Bereano.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 1559639466 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1559639474 (pbk. : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-185) and index.
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