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“miles hillmann”

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  • The Super Seeders

    How Plant Scientists Are Racing to Protect Global Food Security Amid Climate Change and Disease

    by Miles Hillmann ...
    The Super Seeders is based on first-hand accounts from the scientists, breeders, and curators who have built the seven pillars of today's plant genetics revolution. It begins with the guardians of global gene banks, conserving the rare and diverse crop genes that form agriculture's safety net. From these collections, plant geneticists are now unlocking hidden traits with fast-moving genome ... Read more

    $8.00 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Mendel to Monsanto--The Promises and Perils of the

    by Peter Pringle ...
    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 ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Consumed: How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic

    Longlisted for the FT Business Book of the Year

    by Saabira Chaudhuri ...
    'This book will change the way you see the world and could change the world itself', CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ULTRA-PROCESSED PEOPLE'Chaudhuri does a mighty job of showing how plastic came to take over our lives, and why we have repeatedly failed to curb it' , FINANCIAL TIMES'A must read for anyone who buys anything plastic', MICHAEL MOSS, PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF SALT, ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food

    Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food

    by Pamela C. Ronald, R. W. Adamchak ...
    By the year 2050, Earth's population will double. If we continue with current farming practices, vast amounts of wilderness will be lost, millions of birds and billions of insects will die, and the public will lose billions of dollars as a consequence of environmental degradation. Clearly, there must be a better way to meet the need for increased food production. Written as part memoir, part ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Seeds of Science

    Why We Got It So Wrong On GMOs

    by Mark Lynas ...
    'Fluent, persuasive and surely right.' Evening StandardThe inside story of the fight for and against genetic modification in food.Mark Lynas was one of the original GM field wreckers. Back in the 1990s – working undercover with his colleagues in the environmental movement – he would descend on trial sites of genetically modified crops at night and hack them to pieces. Two decades later, most ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Seed Sovereignty, Food Security

    Women in the Vanguard of the Fight against GMOs and Corporate Agriculture

    Edited by Vandana Shiva ...
    In this unique anthology, women from around the world write about the movement to change the current, industrial paradigm of how we grow our food. As seed keepers and food producers, as scientists, activists, and scholars, they are dedicated to renewing a food system that is better aligned with ecological processes as well as human health and global social justice. Seed Sovereignty, Food Security ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Genetically Modified Foods vs. Sustainability

    by Bruno McGrath ...
    "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." – Albert EinsteinThis ebook points out the surrounding issues of genetically modified fruit and vegetables that consumers are unaware of. While several parties defend the use of technology to create food, there seems to be little being done to increase awareness about this matter to the end consumer.It also ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • One Billion Hungry

    Can We Feed the World?

    by Gordon Conway ...
    Hunger is a daily reality for a billion people. More than six decades after the technological discoveries that led to the Green Revolution aimed at ending world hunger, regular food shortages, malnutrition, and poverty still plague vast swaths of the world. And with increasing food prices, climate change, resource inequality, and an ever-increasing global population, the future holds further ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Problem with Plastic

    How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late

    by Judith Enck, Adam Mahoney, Beyond Plastics ...
    “Plastic pollution has reached crisis proportions, and false solutions abound. But as The Problem with Plastic shows, there are real solutions out there. And, fortunately, there are people like Judith Enck working to enact them.” —Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth ExtinctionA powerful look at plastic’s impact on human health and the environment, and how we can fight ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fibershed

    Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy

    by Rebecca Burgess, Courtney White ...
    **“Fibershed is a story of vision, persistence, and kindness. With patience and grace, Rebecca has restored a sense of gratitude for the overlooked grasses and herbaceous plants that were once our second skin. From the living world around her, she has stitched together the broken strands of textile arts, creating an economy of place where makers are artists and clothing is revered.”—Paul Hawken, ... Read more

    $33.59 CAD

  • The GMO Deception

    What You Need to Know about the Food, Corporations, and Government Agencies Putting Our Families and Our Environment at Risk

    Edited by Sheldon Krimsky, Jeremy Gruber ...
    Seventy-five percent of processed foods on supermarket shelves-from soda to soup, crackers to condiments-contain genetically engineered ingredients. The long-term effects of these foods on human health and ecology are still unknown, and public concern has been steadily intensifying.This new book from the Council for Responsible Genetics gathers the best, most thought-provoking essays by the ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Ornamental Fish Farming

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    by Brian Andrews ...
    This is one of ten eBooks on the commercial production of ornamental fish. It is based predominantly on the author's 30 years of experience, mostly on his own farms. While a few of the eBooks are purely commercial, others, particularly those on breeding, will also be helpful to hobbyists, understandable even by beginners. The following description is provided as a guide. Options in choice of ... Read more

    $7.04 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus