Unnatural Harvest: How Corporate Science Is Secretly Altering Our Food - Hardcover

Boyens, Ingeborg

9780385257497: Unnatural Harvest: How Corporate Science Is Secretly Altering Our Food

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 038525749X ISBN 13: 9780385257497

Publisher: Doubleday Canada, 1999

Advertisers may want us to believe that our food is produced on picturesque farms, but the cold reality is that the plants and animals we consume may be the result of genetic engineering in the laboratories of multinational corporations.

Biotechnology brings with it implications for human and animal health, the threat of environmental damage, a possible redefining of our global food system and a Pandora's box of ethical questions. But the consuming public remains virtually unaware of the genetic alterations of their food and what that may hold in store.

Thoroughly researched and accessibly written, Unnatural Harvest holds nothing back in telling us how the food we now serve ourselves and our children may be altered and why we should be very concerned.

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From the Back Cover:

"An important book for anyone who cares about what they eat and the future of the planet." -- Quill & Quire

"An excellent introduction to the use of biotechnology, or genetic engineering, in food production ... Boyens manages always to present the material deftly and compellingly." -- The Georgia Straight

About the Author:

Ingeborg Boyens has worked for newspapers and magazines across the country, and currently produces documentaries on food and agricultural issues for CBC Television. She lives in Winnipeg.

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