June 3, 2014
Michael Pollan and Raj Patel invite me to their class to discuss “GMOs”
"Many worthy people objected to the production of hybrids on the ground that it was an impious interference with the laws of Nature." This comment by Maxwell T.
Stories by Pamela Ronald
Pamela Ronald is Professor at the University of California, Davis. Her laboratory has genetically engineered rice for resistance to diseases and flooding. In 2011, Ronald was selected as one of the 100 most creative people in business by Fast Company Magazine. Ronald is coauthor with her husband, Raoul Adamchak, an organic farmer, of "Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetic and the Future of Food" that was selected as one of the best books of 2008 by Seed Magazine and the Library Journal. Bill Gates calls the book "important for anyone that wants to learn about the science of seeds and challenges faced by farmers".
October 10, 2013
Lab Life: The Anatomy of a Retraction
Scientists travel on the edge of the known world, exploring nature through observation, experimentation and repeated testing. Our building blocks are pieces of experimental evidence that are linked into coherent models of the universe.
September 10, 2013
Update to Boston Review Forum on GMOs
Doug Gurian-Sherman at the Union of Concerned scientists wrote me a polite email yesterday. He protested that one of the sentences in my response to Margaret Mellon’s response to my recent Boston Review piece on “GMOs”, was “not professional and far from worthy of my typical efforts”.
September 6, 2013
Buddhist Economics and A GMO rethink
Wisdom demands a new orientation of science and technology towards the organic, the gentle, the non-violent, the elegant and beautiful. E. F.
EnvironmentDecember 12, 2011
Lets Talk: A Story of Interspecies Communication
EnvironmentAugust 11, 2011
Genetically Engineered Crops--What, How and Why
EnvironmentAugust 11, 2011
Genetically Engineered Crops--What, How and Why