Engineering the Farm
Subtitle: The Social and Ethical Aspects of Agricultural Biotechnology
Contributors: Marc Lappe (Editor); Britt Bailey (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: June 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781559639477
Subjects: Agricultural science; Agriculture & related industries; Genetic engineering; Impact of science & technology on society; Science; Agriculture - Sustainable Agriculture; Nature; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Nature/Ecology; Moral and ethical aspects; Biotechnology; Technology / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture; Agriculture - General; Social aspects; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Agricultural biotechnology
First sentence: The discovery of plasmid-mediated gene transfer in 1973 afforded science a revolutionary technique for rearranging and modifying the genetic structure of biological species.