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Once confined to the research laboratory, the genetic engineering of plants is now a big business that is changing the face of modern agriculture. Giant corporations are creating designer crops with strange powers-from cholesterol-reducing soybeans to plants that act as miniature drug factories, churning out everything from vaccines to insulin. They promise great benefits: better health for consumers, more productive agriculture-even an end to world hunger. But the vision has a dark side, one of profit-driven tampering with life and the possible destruction of entire ecosystems. In Lords of the Harvest, Daniel Charles takes us deep inside research labs, farm sheds, and corporate boardrooms to reveal the hidden story behind this agricultural revolution. He tells how a handful of scientists at Monsanto drove biotechnology from the lab into the field, and how the company's opponents are fighting back with every tool available to them, including the cynical manipulation of public fears. A dramatic account of boundless ambition, political intrigue, and the quest for knowledge, Lords of the Harvest is ultimately a story of idealism and of conflicting dreams about the shape of a better world.… (más)
"The food we eat is being transformed before our eyes. Biotech companies are creating designer crops with strange powers - from cholesterol-reducing soybeans to tobacco plants that act as solar-powered pharmaceutical factories. They promise great benefits: better health for consumers and more productive agriculture. But the vision has a dark side, awakening fears of profit-driven tampering with life. Lords of the Harvest traces the story of three young scientists who were lured away from academia in the 1980's to work at Monsanto, a chemical company muscling its way into biotechnology. These three scientists wanted to make plants more productive. They wanted to end world hunger. They wanted to be on the vanguard of a green revolution. They had no idea what was in store." --jacket
Books about current events on hot topics tend to get dated in short order. This book is no exception. However, if you want to know about the movement towards genetically modified food this book will provide needed background information. While different in scope, aim, and focus, and no less opinionated, this is a nice juxtaposition to Kingsolver's "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle." ( )
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
I grew up in the middle of the American agrarian ideal, on a small family farm in Pennsylvania just like those that serve as the centerpiece of so many nostalgic children's books.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
In the best of worlds, we might be able to create forms of agriculture that are good for all of the world's inhabitants.
Once confined to the research laboratory, the genetic engineering of plants is now a big business that is changing the face of modern agriculture. Giant corporations are creating designer crops with strange powers-from cholesterol-reducing soybeans to plants that act as miniature drug factories, churning out everything from vaccines to insulin. They promise great benefits: better health for consumers, more productive agriculture-even an end to world hunger. But the vision has a dark side, one of profit-driven tampering with life and the possible destruction of entire ecosystems. In Lords of the Harvest, Daniel Charles takes us deep inside research labs, farm sheds, and corporate boardrooms to reveal the hidden story behind this agricultural revolution. He tells how a handful of scientists at Monsanto drove biotechnology from the lab into the field, and how the company's opponents are fighting back with every tool available to them, including the cynical manipulation of public fears. A dramatic account of boundless ambition, political intrigue, and the quest for knowledge, Lords of the Harvest is ultimately a story of idealism and of conflicting dreams about the shape of a better world.
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creating designer crops with strange powers - from cholesterol-reducing
soybeans to tobacco plants that act as solar-powered pharmaceutical factories.
They promise great benefits: better health for consumers and more productive
agriculture. But the vision has a dark side, awakening fears of profit-driven
tampering with life.
Lords of the Harvest traces the story of three young scientists who were lured
away from academia in the 1980's to work at Monsanto, a chemical company
muscling its way into biotechnology. These three scientists wanted to make
plants more productive. They wanted to end world hunger. They wanted to be on
the vanguard of a green revolution. They had no idea what was in store."
--jacket