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Title:

The ethics of food : a reader for the twenty-first century / edited by Gregory E. Pence.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

xi, 287 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Genetically modified foods--Moral and ethical aspects.
Nutrition policy--Moral and ethical aspects.

Other Authors:

Pence, Gregory E.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : the meaning and ethics of food / Gregory E. Pence -- A thing shared / M. F. K. Fisher -- How we grow food reflects our virtues and vices / Wendell Berry -- Animal liberation and vegetarianism / Peter Singer -- Meat is good for you / Stuart Patton -- Lifeboat ethics : the case against helping the poor / Garrett Hardin -- Golden rice is fool's gold / Greenpeace International -- Are we going mad? / Norman Borlaug -- The unholy alliance / Mae-Wan Ho -- The FDA's volte-face on food biotech / Henry I. Miller -- Dr. Strangelunch : why we should learn to love genetically modified food / Ronald Bailey -- Organic or genetically modified food : which is better? / Gregory E. Pence -- The benefits of organic food / Tanya Maxted-Frost -- Genetic engineering and food security / Vandana Shiva -- GM food is the best option we have / Anthony J. Trewavas -- Biotechnology's negative impact on world agriculture / Marc Lappe and Britt Bailey -- The population/diversity paradox : agricultural efficiency to save wilderness / Anthony J. Trewavas -- A removable feast / C. Ford Runge and Benjamin Senauer -- From global to local : sowing the seeds of community / Helen Norberg-Hodge, Peter Goering and John Page -- The hamburger bacteria / Nicols Fox -- The United States food safety system / U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

ISBN:

9780742513334 (alk. paper)
0742513335 (alk. paper)
9780742513341 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0742513343 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)47803490

LCCN:

2001048271

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)