Cummings, Claire Hope,  1943- <br/><br/>
Uncertain peril  genetic engineering and the future of seeds /  [electronic resource] : 
Claire Hope Cummings. 
 - Boston, Mass. :  Beacon Press,  c2008. 
 - xix, 232 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index. 
<br/><br/>The rise of the techno-elites -- Trade secrets -- Trespass -- Political science -- The ownership society -- The turning points -- Who owns rice? -- The botany of scarcity -- The botany of abundance -- A green wealth -- Ripe for change -- A conversation with corn -- The down-turned hand -- A cabinet of seeds displayed -- Epilogue: the seeded earth. 
<br/><br/> Examines the rise of industrial agriculture and plant biotechnology, the fall of public interest science, and the folly of patenting seeds.  The author suggests how green technologies and new approaches to food and farming methods will provide a way out of this growing predicament. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Agricultural biotechnology--Political aspects.<br/>Transgenic plants--Economic aspects.<br/>Transgenic plants--Risk assessment.<br/>Consumer protection--Citizen participation.<br/>Seeds--Biotechnology.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>S494.5.B563  / C86 2008eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>631.5/21