The
Trouble with Genetically Modified Crops pp. 3-7
by Craig Holdrege
The plight of Percy Schmeiser, a Canadian organic farmer
sued by Monsanto after genetically modified Canola plants
appeared on his farm, poses many issues for farmers and
for the integrity of our food supply. But one county (in
California) has now chosen to ban genetically modified crops.
Sidebar:
Widespread GM Contamination of Seed Supply
p. 5
A recent study shows a disturbing pattern of contamination
of seed being sold through standard marketing channels.
Genetically modified constructs are appearing where they
ought not to be.
Genesis of
the Gene pp. 7-8
A review by Steve Talbott of Lenny Moss' What Genes Can't
Do. Moss, a cell biologist and philosopher, discovered
that the gene is at least as much a function of its cellular
context as the cell is a function of its genes.
Feature Articles
From
Wonder Bread to GM Lettuce pp. 15-18
by Craig Holdrege
No food is a mere aggregation of individual, isolated elements.
The living organism has a unity of its own reflected in
how all its parts relate to each other. These relationships
not only make the organism what it is, but they also make
the organism into the food it is. So, too, in the human
and social realm: it makes no sense to treat our food as
a collection of isolated ingredients, ignoring the integrity
of the processes by which the food is grown, transported,
processed, and sold.
Science
and the Child. pp. 19-24 by Steve Talbott
The sophisticated, value-neutral, hard-headed world of science
supposedly lies at the opposite extreme from the naive, value-centered,
imaginative world of the child. In reality, there is only
one world, and upon closer inspection it begins to look rather
child-like.
