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OverviewBy the year 2050, Earth's population will double. If we continue with current farming practices, vast amounts of wilderness will be lost, millions of birds and billions of insects will die, and the public will lose billions of dollars as a consequence of environmental degradation. Clearly, there must be a better way to meet the need for increased food production. Written as part memoir, part instruction, and part contemplation, Tomorrow'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. The reader sees 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. This book is for consumers, farmers, and policy decision makers who want to make food choices and policy that will support ecologically responsible farming practices. It is also for anyone who wants accurate information about organic farming, genetic engineering, and their potential impacts on human health and the environment. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Pamela C. Ronald (Professor of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis) , Raoul W. Adamchak (Organic Farm Manager, University of California, Davis)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.472kg ISBN: 9780195301755ISBN 10: 0195301757 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 24 April 2008 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsForeword by Sir Gordon Conway About the Authors 1: Cultivating Rice in Nihe, China and Davis, Californina 2: Why Organic Agriculture? 3: The Tools of Organic Agriculture 4: The Tools of Genetic Engineering 5: Legislating Lunch 6: Who Can We Trust? 7: Is GE Food Risky to Eat? 8: Conserving Wildlands 9: Weeds, Gene Flow, and the Environment 10: Who Owns the Seed? 11: Who Owns the Genes? 12: Deconstructing Dinner: Genetically Engineered, Organically Grown Glossary References IndexReviewsInterspersed with nuggets of science, home made recipes (really) and anecdotes. Biologist ...we found the book insightful and well-documented... Organicgardening.com All proponents of organic agriculture...should read Tomorrow's Table. Ronald and Adamchak's clear, rational approach is refreshing, and the balance they present is sorely needed in our increasingly polarized world. Mark Tester Science Author InformationPamela C. Ronald is a Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of California, Davis. Her laboratory has genetically engineered rice for resistance to diseases and flooding. Her work has been published in Science, Nature, and other scientific periodicals and has also been featured in newspapers including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Le Monde. She is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Raoul Adamchak has grown organic crops for twenty years, part of the time as a partner in Full Belly Farm, a private 150-acre organic vegetable farm. He has inspected over one hundred organic farms as an inspector for California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) and served as a member and President of CCOF's Board of Directors. He now works at the U.C., Davis as the Market Garden Coordinator at the certified organic farm on campus. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |