TY  - BOOK
AU  - Charles,Daniel
TI  - Lords of the harvest: biotech, big money, and the future of food 
SN  - 9780738207735 (pbk.) :
AV  - HD9999.B443TP248.65.F66 U6176 2001
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Cambridge, MA
PB  - Perseus Pub./Basic Books
KW  - Biotechnology industry
KW  - United States
KW  - Food industry and trade
KW  - Genetically modified foods
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Crops
KW  - Genetic engineering
KW  - Agricultural biotechnology
KW  - Food
KW  - Biotechnology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p.315-328) and index
N2  - Once confined to the research laboratory, the genetic engineering of plants is now a big business that is changing the face of modern agriculture. Giant corporations are creating designer crops with strange powers-from cholesterol-reducing soybeans to plants that act as miniature drug factories, churning out everything from vaccines to insulin. They promise great benefits: better health for consumers, more productive agriculture-even an end to world hunger. But the vision has a dark side,..._FROM GOOGLE BOOK SEARCH
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