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Book SynopsisTomorrow''s Table argues that a judicious blend of two important strands of agriculture--genetic engineering and organic farming--is key to helping feed the world''s growing population in an ecologically balanced manner. Pamela Ronald, a geneticist, and her husband, Raoul Adamchak, an organic farmer, take the reader inside their lives for roughly a year, allowing us to look over their shoulders so that we can see what geneticists and organic farmers actually do. Readers see the problems that farmers face, trying to provide larger yields without resorting to expensive or environmentally hazardous chemicals, a problem that will loom larger and larger as the century progresses. They learn how organic farmers and geneticists address these problems. The book is for consumers, farmers, and policy decision makers who want to make food choices and policy that will support ecologically responsible farming practices, and for anyone who wants accurate information about organic farming, genetic en
Table of ContentsForeword 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
