Title Growing resistance : Canadian farmers and the politics of genetically modified wheat / Emily Eaton

Published Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource Contents Setting the stage -- Regulating and promoting biotechnology in Canada -- The difference between bread and oil : people-plant relationships in historical context -- Farmers make their case against GM wheat : articulating the politics of production through discourses of consumption -- Only consumers get to decide in the market : farmers fight the logic of market choice in GM wheat -- Conclusion : What's next for anti-GM wheat politics? Summary The remarkable story of the farmer-led coalition that defeated the introduction of GM wheat in Canada Analysis Canada SCIENCE / Environmental Science TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / General genetically modified;Monsanto;GMO;farming;food security;biotechnology;agriculture Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Wheat -- Genetic engineering -- Canada Transgenic plants -- Political aspects -- Canada Farmers -- Political activity -- Canada Wheat -- Prairie Provinces Wheat trade -- Prairie Provinces TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science. Farmers -- Political activity Wheat Wheat -- Genetic engineering Wheat trade Canada Prairie Provinces Form Electronic book ISBN 9780887554353 0887554350 9780887557446 0887557449 9780887554407 0887554407

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