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Cummings, Claire Hope, 1943-(Author).

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Crookston Public Library 631.521 CUM (Text) 33500009585589 Main Available -
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  • ISBN: 9780807085806
  • ISBN: 0807085804
  • Physical Description: 232 p. ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, 2008.

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Includes index.
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The rise of the techno-elites -- Trade secrets -- ... Read More
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Examines the rise of industrial agriculture and ... Read More

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300 . ‡a232 p. ; ‡c23 cm.
500 . ‡aIncludes index.
520 . ‡aExamines 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.
5050 . ‡aThe 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 -- Epilogue: the seeded earth.
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