Explores questions surrounding how we prepare and eat our food. Discusses genetically modified foods, regulation of the food industry, benefits and concerns of food technology, and what to expect in the future.
"Yasmina isn't like the other kids in her city. Maybe it's the big chef hat she wears. Or the fact that she stuffs her dad's lunchbox full of spring rolls instead of peanut butter and jelly. She might be an oddball, but no one can deny that Yasmina has a flair for food. All she needs to whip up a gourmet meal is a recipe from her cookbook and fresh vegetable form the community garden. But everything changes when the garden is bulldozed and replaced with a strange new crop of potatoes. Her neighbors can't get enough of these spuds!"--Amazon.
"On the surface, it seems that genetically modified (GM) foods are a reasonable defense against world hunger and malnutrition. They may offer solutions to other global problems as well. But critics argue that GM foods are unsafe and potentially hazardous to human health. They also claim that the engineering of GM foods harms the environment. So what is the truth? The curated essays in this volume present viewpoints from different sides of the debates surrounding GMs and a shrinking food supply"--Provided by publisher.
Examines the debate surrounding genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and food, providing perspectives from around the country. Discusses benefits and harms of GMOs and discusses the political and economic ramifications of the food industry's involvement in the GMO debate.
"When an agribusiness facility producing genetically engineered food releases a deadly toxin into the environment, seventeen-year-old Tempest Torres becomes entangled in a war she never knew existed"--Provided by publisher.
