9780195393576-0195393570-Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food

Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food

ISBN-13: 9780195393576
ISBN-10: 0195393570
Edition: Reprint
Author: Pamela C. Ronald, R. W. Adamchak
Publication date: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 232 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780195393576
ISBN-10: 0195393570
Edition: Reprint
Author: Pamela C. Ronald, R. W. Adamchak
Publication date: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 232 pages

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Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food (ISBN-13: 9780195393576 and ISBN-10: 0195393570), written by authors Pamela C. Ronald, R. W. Adamchak, was published by Oxford University Press in 2010. With an overall rating of 3.9 stars, it's a notable title among other Agronomy (Agricultural Sciences, Crop Science, Sustainable Agriculture, Biotechnology, Biological Sciences, Botany, Genetics, Evolution) books. You can easily purchase or rent Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Agronomy books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.48.

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By 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.

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