Laura Westra discusses biotechnology and transgenics in agriculture and aquaculture from a perspective of ecosystem integrity.
Isis Brook’s editorial for Environmental Values 17.
The documentary film depicts the origins of plant hybridization in American farm-belt culture.
A few decades ago, breeding efforts were limited to combining the genetic materials of existing agricultural plants and farm animals. Today, biotechnicians are creating new types of plants and animal species in their labs.
This issue of Mendocino Environmental Center Newsletter features stories on Y2K (the turn of the millenium), genetic engineering, and local currency and produce.
Erika Amethyst Szymanski investigates the impact of synthetic yeast, which is gaining ground in a variety of foodscapes, and reflects upon the meaning of Terroir that synthetic yeast brings about.
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Evan Friss is interviewed on his book, The Cycling City: Bicycles and Urban America in the 1890s.
Lunchtime Colloquium at the Rachel Carson Center with Bart Elmore.
Earth First! 27, no. 1 reports on topics such as coal mining in Bangladesh, uprising against the fossil-fuel industry in the UK, the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and genetically modified organisms escaping their test sites and getting into the food supply.
Earth First! 25, no. 2 features articles on anti-nuclear activists on both sides of the Atlantic and the liberation of over 400 animals in Iowa, and features a special Earth First! primer in English and Spanish.
