Farmageddon: food and the culture of biotechnology / Brewster Kneen

Acknowledgments.. Introduction: What was the problem?.. Chapter 1: Undertones of death.. Chapter 2: Moral blackmail.. Chapter 3: A case of bad attitude.. Chapter 4: Where Did biotechnology come from?.. Chapter 5: Progress it is not.. Chapter 6: Hormonized milk.. Chapter 7: The eternal tomato.. Chapter 8: Killer potatoes.. Chapter 9: Made to order: Regulation.. Chapter 10: Lifelines.. Chapter 11: Apocalypse, Armageddon.. Chapter 12: Growing resistance.. Appendix 1: The Farmageddon Lexicon.. Appendix 2: The Science of Genetic Engineering.. Recommended Reading.. Notes.. Index.. About the Author

Farmageddon: Late-twentieth-century conflict apparently over control of crops and food, with prospects of turning into the final struggle between the forces of life and the forces of death early in the twenty-first century - from The Farmageddon Lexicon. Farmageddon lifts the veil of secrecy to reveal exactly what is going on down on the farm and on the supermarket shelf. Cutting through both corporate rhetoric and government misinformation, it lays bare the dark culture that permeates biotechnology, as well as who stands to benefit from this Faustian tinkering with the very stuff of life. Unashamedly critical, Farmageddon deals head-on with the 21st century equivalent of the nuclear industry. It also demonstrates that biotechnology can be resisted. It will appeal to all who value healthy food and a healthy society. eng