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Gene Traders: Biotechnology, World Trade, and the Globalization of Hunger

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Gene Traders: Biotechnology, World Trade, And The Globalization Of Hunger is a selection of seven essays by learned authors questioning the spread of genetically engineered agriculture worldwide. Revealing ways by which developments in biotechnology cn actually increase dependency and hunger, while compromising the survival of traditional farmers and their communities, as well as the evolution of the global movement for food sovereignty brought about by genetic engineering. Specific topics include how the World Trade Organization's "intellectual property" rules promote monopolies and biopiracy, how Zambia's food aid crisis has forced tough choices, how food aid can become food dumping and displace agricultural communities, deconstructs common myths about "feeding the world", and much more. A highly recommended, keynote discussion and an absolute "must-read" for anyone concerned about world starvation.

If you're interested in understanding the global movement for food security inspired by the biotechnology controversy, then read this book. Edited by the brilliant social ecologist Brian Tokar, this brief anthology of essays reveals how the biotech industry displaces agricultural communities, contaminates the environment, and increases poverty and world hunger. Backed by financial monopolies like the WTO and the World Bank and international trade agreements like NAFTA, CAFTA, and the FTAA, the biotechnology corporations are endangering public health, destoying the landbase, and undermining the democratic rights of the world's citizenry to make collective decisions about food policy. Simply put, this is an urgent book about one of the most important ecological and social problems confronting us today and I hope it gets widely read. I also recommend reading any of Vandana Shiva's excellent books on this crucial topic and (if you can) to only buy locally grown, organic food.