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Can I read Tomorrow's Table on EtoBox?
Tomorrow's Table by Pamela C. Ronald is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Tomorrow's Table about?
"Tomorrow's Table" argues that a judicious blend of two important strands of agriculture—genetic engineering and organic farming—is key to helping feed the world's growing population in an ecologically balanced manner. Pamela Ronald, a geneticist, and her husband, Raoul Adamchak, an organic farmer, take the reader inside their lives for roughly a year, allowing us to look over their shoulders so that we can see what geneticists and organic farmers actually do. Readers see the problems that farmers face, trying to provide larger yields without resorting to expensive or environmentally hazardous chemicals—a problem that will loom larger and larger as the century progresses—and they learn how organic farmers and geneticists address these problems. The book is for consumers, farmers, and policy decision makers who want to make food choices and policy that will support ecologically responsible farming practices, and for anyone who wants accurate information...
Who reads Tomorrow's Table?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Pamela C. Ronald
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Stem
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