TY - BOOK AU - Pence,Gregory E. TI - The ethics of food: a reader for the twenty-first century SN - 0742513343 AV - TP248.65.F66 E86 2002 U1 - 363.192 PY - 2002///] CY - Lanham PB - Rowman & Littlefield KW - Genetically modified foods KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Nutrition policy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: The Meaning and Ethics of Food; Gregory E. Pence --; Pt. I; The Meaning of Food; Ch. 1; A Thing Shared; M. F. K. Fisher; Ch. 2; How We Grow Food Reflects Our Virtues and Vices; Wendell Berry --; Pt. II; Eating Meat; Ch. 3; Animal Liberation and Vegetarianism; Peter Singer; Ch. 4; Meat Is Good for You; Stuart Patton --; Pt. III; Starvation; Ch. 5; Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor; Garrett Hardin; Ch. 6; Golden Rice Is Fool's Gold; Greenpeace International; Ch. 7; Are We Going Mad?; Norman Borlaug --; Pt. IV; Safety of Genetically Modified Foods; Ch. 8; The Unholy Alliance; Mae-Wan Ho; Ch. 9; The FDA's Volte-Face on Food Biotech; Henry I. Miller; Ch. 10; Dr. Strangelunch: Why We Should Learn to Love Genetically Modified Food; Ronald Bailey --; Pt. V; Benefits/Dangers of Organic Food; Ch. 11; Organic of Genetically Modified Food: Which Is Better?; Gregory E. Pence; Ch. 12; The Benefits of Organic Food; Tanya Maxted-Frost --; Pt. VI; Genetically Modified Food and Environmental Risks; Ch. 13; Genetic Engineering and Food Security; Vandana Shiva; Ch. 14; GM Food Is the Best Option We Have; Anthony J. Trewavas --; Pt. VII; Food Biotechnology and Nature; Ch. 15; Biotechnology's Negative Impact on World Agriculture; Marc Lappe and Britt Bailey; Ch. 16; The Population/Diversity Paradox: Agricultural Efficiency to Save Wilderness; Anthony J. Trewavas --; Pt. VIII; Global Food Politics and Economics; Ch. 17; A Removable Feast; C. Ford Runge and Benjamin Senauer; Ch. 18; From Global to Local: Sowing the Seeds of Community; Helen Norberg-Hodge, Peter Goering and John Page --; Pt. IX; The Food Industry; Ch. 19; The Hamburger Bacteria; Nicols Fox; Ch. 20; The United States Food Safety System; U.S. Food and Drug Administration ER -