Food, Inc.: Mendel to Monsanto--The Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest

A “lively and colorful” (The Washington Post) contribution to the complex and important conversation on genetically modified foods unraveling the science, myths, and politics behind the continuing battle over biotech food.

For most people, the global war over genetically modified foods is a distant and confusing one. The battles are conducted in the mystifying language of genetics.

A handful of corporate “life science” giants, such as Monsanto, are pitted against a worldwide network of antic...