Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs), 148
retraction of a peer-reviewed paper, 100–103
rice, 116, 195, 199, 200, 201, 204, 210, 211, 217, 222, 225
See also golden rice
Riceland Food, 210
ringspot virus, 110–11, 112, 113
RNA, 17, 25, 79, 80, 82–84, 85, 86, 94, 96, 113, 189, 275–76
road-building after WWII, 12, 47, 49, 51, 59
Rockefeller Foundation, 191, 200
Rodale Institute, 264
Ronald, Pamela, 116, 201
roots (basics about GMOs), 12, 15–105
anti-GMO movement, 21, 70, 88, 92
federal government, watchdog or cheerleader, 2, 6, 12, 27, 29, 30, 32, 37, 39, 43, 60–71, 97, 101, 102, 115, 121, 129–34, 145, 156, 175, 190, 204, 210, 252
genetic equivalent of War and Peace, 79–87, 224
industrial food and disappearance of American farmer, 6, 10–11, 12, 46, 47–76, 188, 197, 290
information squeeze (labeling), 12, 37–46, 99, 119, 246, 247
mapping, engineering, Prometheus, 77–105
patenting our food, 4, 30, 61, 70, 71–75, 115, 122, 192
safety of GMOs, 5, 7–8, 12, 17–46, 61–62, 65–71, 74, 93, 99–105, 226, 255
Schmeiser (Percy) case, 71–74
self-regulation, perils of, 69–71
Séralini (Gilles-Éric) affair, 99–104
soil depletion, 4, 5, 21, 25, 45, 50, 58, 74, 78, 91
tinkering with the genetic machine, 88–98
See also chemicals sprayed on GMOs; genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
root systems, 82, 214, 217, 219–21, 223, 242
Rosenstiel, Fern, 127, 128, 141, 142, 145, 148
Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, 276
Ross, Gerry “Farmer Gerry,” 162–63, 169
Rosset, Peter, 188
Roundup, 35, 36, 53, 72, 74, 88–89, 104, 211, 213, 243, 283
See also glyphosate; herbicides; Monsanto
Roundup Ready food crops, 23, 30, 58, 71, 73, 198, 207, 239
Rural Advancement Foundation International, 192
Russia (Soviet Union), 9, 99, 217
Russian National Association for Genetic Safety, 103
rye, 242, 258
sacred land misuse (Maui), 13, 149–76
Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism (Nestle), 188
safety of GMOs, 5, 7–8, 12, 17–46, 61–62, 65–71, 74, 93, 99–105, 129, 133, 140, 226, 255, 280
See also chemicals sprayed on GMOs
Salina, Kansas, 212
salmon, 276
salt-tolerant tomatoes, 3
Sand County Almanac, A (Leopold), 251
Sanders, Russ, 237
Sanford, John, 113
San Francisco, California, 131, 154, 268
Saudi Arabia, 43
sauerkraut, 258, 260–61
Schmeiser (Percy) case, 71–74
Schmidt, Jennie and Hans, 231–36, 237, 238–40, 241–42, 245–46, 249–50, 251
Schneider, Steffen, 257–59, 260–62, 263, 264–65, 271, 283–84
Schubert, David, 70
Science, 192
scientific vs. anti-GMO arguments, 90–93
seeds (front lines of GMO debate), 12, 107–76
anti-GMO movement, 117, 119–20, 123, 125, 141, 142, 143, 145, 146, 150–51, 155, 159, 163, 169, 173
Big Island battle, 12, 109, 110, 111, 113, 114, 117, 119, 143, 149, 150–57, 160, 175
Kauai, 12, 123–48, 149, 150, 154, 163, 167, 173, 175, 186, 240
Maui war, 12, 143, 149, 150, 154, 157–76, 186, 240, 262
Rainbow papaya, 10, 12, 23, 94, 97–98, 109–22, 149, 150, 152, 153, 155, 167, 170, 182, 186, 190, 191
soil depletion, 131, 133, 140, 154, 155, 159, 160, 161, 164, 173
See also genetically modified organisms (GMOs); Hawaii
self-regulation, perils of, 69–71
Séralini (Gilles-Éric) affair, 99–104
SHAKA Movement, 159, 164, 168, 173, 174–75
Shake It for SHAKA, 173
Shapiro, Robert, 30, 54, 55
Shiva, Vandana, 53, 141, 193
short-grained rice (japonica), 199
Siddiqui, Islam, 30
silphium, 222
Simpson, Janet, 160, 161
small RNAs, 17, 25, 79, 83–84, 85, 96, 189
Smil, Vaclav, 53, 54
Smithsonian, 214
Snyder, Brian, 98, 246–47
soda, 3, 8, 13, 48, 49, 50, 216, 241
soil depletion, 3
fruit (alternatives to industrial farming), 180, 191, 195, 197, 213, 214, 217–18, 219, 220, 225, 244, 248, 273
roots (basics about GMOs), 4, 5, 21, 25, 45, 50, 58, 74, 78, 91
seeds (front lines of GMO debate), 131, 133, 140, 154, 155, 159, 160, 161, 164, 173
See also ecological problems
Sommer, Alfred, 199–200, 200–201, 205
sorghum, 5, 182, 183, 222, 225
sorrel, 266, 268, 269, 270
South Africa, 59, 225
South America, 150, 186, 187, 197, 277
South Dakota, 222
South Korea, 211
Soviet Union (Russia), 9, 99, 217
soybeans
agrochemical’s influence, 6, 8, 48, 49, 54, 57, 58, 59
America and, 4, 9, 50, 207
annuals, problem with, 216
farm next door, 251–52, 255, 262, 264
feeding the world, 185, 197–98, 203, 205
gene-editing technique (CRISPR), 276
Kauai, 129
mapping, engineering, Prometheus, 79, 80, 86, 90
Plenish soybeans, 23, 236–38
safety question, 23, 30, 37, 38, 43
sustainability, 232, 233, 234, 236–38, 242
See also America and GMOs
Spain, 9, 254
specialty crops, 121
spraying vs. dousing, 239–40
square tomato. See Flavr Savr
“stacked” herbicides, 34–35
Stalin, Joseph, 217
Stanford, 85, 192
StarLink corn, 95, 208–10, 211, 234
starvation. See crop dependency and starvation
Steiner, Rudolf, 258
stinkweed, 135–36
stomach problems, 26, 27
Stonyfield, 38
Strella, Greg, 266–67, 268–73
student farming, 13, 266–73
studies and testing, 23–25, 26–27, 28, 65, 67, 99–105, 114–15
Subr gene, 201
sub-Saharan Africa, 181, 184, 202
suburb development, 12, 47–48, 51, 251, 268
sugar, 127–28, 134
sugar beets, 4, 8, 42, 203
“supermarket farm,” 232
supreme courts, 30, 72, 73, 74, 122, 164, 198
sustainability of GMOs, 11, 13, 231–50
Swaminathan, M. S., 195–96
sweet potatoes, 159, 160, 180, 182, 226, 254, 269
Switzerland, 140, 147, 148, 191
Syngenta, 7, 19, 28, 53, 54, 55, 95, 125, 126, 128, 131, 135, 139, 140, 144, 145, 147, 173, 192, 200
Taco Bell, 209
Takata and exploding air bags, 36
Taylor, Michael, 30
Taylor, Nigel, 179–80, 181–82, 185, 188, 189, 190, 191, 226
“terminator,” 83
Texas, 121, 221
Texas A&M University, 195
Thailand, 118
Thomas, Clarence, 30
tillage radishes as cover crop, 243–45
Time, 190, 191, 202
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br /> tinkering with the genetic machine, 88–98
tobacco, 36, 89, 112–13, 116, 121, 240
tomatoes, 55, 120, 121, 232, 233, 242
See also Flavr Savr tomato
topsoil, 140, 218, 246, 273
Toxic Substances Control Act, 29
Trader Joe’s, 8, 41
“transcribed” (DNA to RNA), 82–83
transgenic GM plants, 22–23, 69, 74, 89, 247
“translated” (RNA to protein), 82, 83
T (thymine), 80, 82, 83
2,4-D, 29, 34–35, 35–36, 52, 129, 133, 142
Uganda, 190, 205, 225, 226
UK, 59
Ukraine, 217
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), 146
Unilever, 37
Union Carbide, 141
United Kingdom, 209
United Nations, 184
United Soybean Board, 237–38
University of Caen, 99
University of California, 85, 192
University of California, Berkeley, 134, 173
University of California, Davis, 3, 78, 111, 116, 152, 201
University of California, Irvine, 36, 103
University of Cambridge, 100
University of Chicago, 78
University of Delaware, 24, 95, 185, 247
University of Edinburgh, 276
University of Florida, 111
University of Hawaii, 113, 136
University of Illinois, 136
University of Kansas, 213
University of Maryland, 192, 243
University of Michigan, 26, 35, 74
University of Minnesota, 66
University of Toronto, 3
University of Washington, 187
urban farming, 13, 266–73
U.S. Agency for International Development, 186, 187
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 52, 61, 64, 69–70, 95, 114, 117, 121, 144–45, 210, 211, 247, 263, 276
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 2, 30, 38, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 114, 207, 211
U.S. Wheat Foods Council, 235
Utah, 90
Vacants to Value program, Baltimore, 268
Vallianatos, E. G., 31, 134
“values” of a food company, 241–42
Vandermeer, John, 26, 35, 74
vegetative propagation, 181
Vermont, 38, 43, 44, 150
vetch, 244, 258
Vietnam War, 35, 127
Violence of the Green Revolution, The (Shiva), 193
Virginia Beach, 232
Vispo, Conrad, 259–60
vitamin A, 180, 190–91, 193–94, 200, 201, 203, 204, 205
See also beta-carotene; golden rice
vote (Maui), 174–76
Waimea, Kauai, 135–41, 143, 147
“walking the beans,” 282, 283
Wallace, Henry A., 51
Wang, Shuwen, 222
War and Peace, genetic equivalent, 79–87, 224
wartime chemicals to petroleum-based farm chemicals, 52–54
Washington, D.C., 68, 233, 253, 270
Washington state, 9, 39
Washington State University, 35, 112
water pollution, 4, 5, 18, 21, 44, 45, 53, 99, 128, 131, 133, 160, 164, 198, 213, 218, 248, 273, 277
Watson, James, 63
weeds. See herbicides
Weil, Raymond, 243
wheat, 4, 9, 32–33, 48, 49, 50, 56, 195, 207, 211–12, 216, 217, 223, 225, 226, 232, 238, 264, 277, 283
wheatgrass, 214, 221–23, 224, 226
whiteflies, 180–81
Whitelaw, Bruce, 276
Whole Foods, 8, 40–41, 235, 241
Wille, Margaret, 154–56, 156–57
Winnipeg, Canada, 192
Wisconsin, 258, 267, 268
World Bank, 59
World Health Organization, 7, 23, 29, 173, 280
worldviews and GMOs, 97–98
World War II, 47, 52, 53, 188
Wright, Susan, 64
Wuerthele, Suzanne, 66
Yale University, 97
Zeneca, 192
Zika virus, 277
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
McKay Jenkins has been writing about people and the natural world for thirty years. His most recent book, ContamiNation (Avery), chronicled his investigation into the myriad synthetic chemicals we encounter in our daily lives, and the growing body of evidence about the harm these chemicals does to our bodies and the environment. His book Poison Spring (Bloomsbury, 2014), cowritten with E. G. Vallianatos, has been called “a jaw-dropping exposé of the catastrophic collusion between the Environmental Protection Agency and the chemical industry” (Booklist, starred review).
Jenkins’s other books include Bloody Falls of the Coppermine: Madness and Murder in the Arctic Barren Lands (Random House, 2005); The Last Ridge: The Epic Story of the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division and the Assault on Hitler’s Europe (Random House, 2003); and The White Death: Tragedy and Heroism in an Avalanche Zone (Random House, 2000). Jenkins is also the editor of The Peter Matthiessen Reader (Vintage, 2000).
A former staff writer for The Atlanta Constitution, Jenkins has also written regularly on environmental matters for The Huffington Post, Outside, Orion, The New Republic, and many other publications.
He holds degrees from Amherst, Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, and Princeton, where he received a PhD in English. Jenkins is currently the Cornelius Tilghman Professor of English, Journalism, and Environmental Humanities at the University of Delaware, where he has won the Excellence in Teaching Award. He lives in Baltimore with his family.
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