Any farmer you talk to could tell you that we've been playing with the genetic makeup of our food for millennia, carefully coaxing nature to do our...
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Apr 05, 2009
Cindy
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Many people view genetically modified food with suspicion. 'I would never eat that stuff,' you might say. But if you live in the United States and have eaten apples, wheat, corn, potatoes, soy products, sweet potatoes, or papaya, you might just have eaten genetically modified food (GM food) without knowing it.
My mom and I had a discussion about GM food after I forwarded her this mailing I got from an organic food site. Did I realize, she asked, that strictly speaking, any hybrid food More...
My mom and I had a discussion about GM food after I forwarded her this mailing I got from an organic food site. Did I realize, she asked, that strictly speaking, any hybrid food More...
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Aug 27, 2008
Andrea
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I grew up in the worst of the worst days of ag biotech – as appalled as the next blossoming vegetarian, environmentalist by the vicious slaughter of monarch butterflies who had feasted on poisonous pollen and visions of dancing tomatoes with fish heads. But as I got older I did a lot of research on the topic of genetically modified foods. And the more I read (of reputable literature – not the plethora of information online), the more I became comfortable with the science behind it.
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Feb 28, 2008
Jen
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I don't know why I'm attracted to books that are difficult to read lately, but I did enjoy this book although I felt like I had to have my highlighter out again, cramming for another bio test for the next day.
I learned that not all Frankenfood is really chemically altered (i.e. zapped with radiation or some other hazardous chemicals). I found out that most all of our food that people have been cultivating and harvesting for thousands of years has actually been genetically modified by More...
I learned that not all Frankenfood is really chemically altered (i.e. zapped with radiation or some other hazardous chemicals). I found out that most all of our food that people have been cultivating and harvesting for thousands of years has actually been genetically modified by More...
Jul 03, 2011
Alexander
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An excellent technical background on genetic engineering of food, with policy as context (rather than driving force) for discussion.
Aug 15, 2011
Callee
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Very informative. The first 7 chapters were hard to get through. A lot of science and background information. I should have started with chapter 8. That is where it really starts to pick up. Written for those without a lot of scientific knowledge, detailed. I finally know some of the pesticides ok'd for organic farming. For anyone interested in the GM debate.
May 18, 2010
Samantha
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This is really quite interesting and a good read for those of you who are sceptical and not exactly sure about GM foods. Nina Fedoroff does a splendid job of communicating to a general audience (which is to say she isn't writing to geneticists but to the general public) about the history of our food concerning cross breeding and selection and genetic modification.
I never finished because I wasn't particularly engaged at the time. But would like to again at some point.
I never finished because I wasn't particularly engaged at the time. But would like to again at some point.
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Feb 12, 2008
Nancy
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Genetic engineering from the point of view of someone who approves of it. It's a book to start looking at the arguments for GMO foods. But a little biased. Which would make my friend who works for Monsanto happy.
Jul 11, 2011
Danielle
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This is one of the few books that went back to where it came from - the library. This was just a little too hardcore science for me to finish. Sorry!
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