{"product_id":"corporate-crops-biotechnology-agriculture-and-the-struggle-for-control-paperback-softback-9780292756878","title":"Corporate Crops; Biotechnology, Agriculture, and the Struggle for Control (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292756878","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCorporate Crops\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBiotechnology, Agriculture, and the Struggle for Control\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGabriela Pechlaner (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292756878\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 December 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e301 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe information presented is unbiased; primary reference are included. A useful resource for law and policy collections. Summing up: Recommended. All academic, professional, and general audiences.\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBiotechnology crop production area increased from 1.7 million hectares to 148 million hectares worldwide between 1996 to 2010. While genetically modified food is a contentious issue, the debates are usually limited to health and environmental concerns, ignoring the broader questions of social control that arise when food production methods become corporate-owned intellectual property. Drawing on legal documents and dozens of interviews with farmers and other stakeholders, \u003ci\u003eCorporate Crops\u003c\/i\u003e covers four case studies based around litigation between biotechnology corporations and farmers. Pechlaner investigates the extent to which the proprietary aspects of biotechnologies-from patents on seeds to a plethora of new rules and contractual obligations associated with the technologies-are reorganizing crop production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lawsuits include patent infringement litigation launched by Monsanto against a Saskatchewan canola farmer who, in turn, claimed his crops had been involuntarily contaminated by the company’s GM technology; a class action application by two Saskatchewan organic canola farmers launched against Monsanto and Aventis (later Bayer) for the loss of their organic market due to contamination with GMOs; and two cases in Mississippi in which Monsanto sued farmers for saving seeds containing its patented GM technology. Pechlaner argues that well-funded corporate lawyers have a decided advantage over independent farmers in the courts and in creating new forms of power and control in agricultural production. \u003ci\u003eCorporate Crops\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the effects of this intersection between the courts and the fields where profits, not just a food supply, are reaped.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Acronyms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. Agricultural Biotechnologies on the Farm and around the World\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. The Coming of the Third Regime? Agricultural Biotechnology Regulation in Canada and the United States\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. Biotechnology on the Prairies: The Rise of Canola . . .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. . . . And the Fall of Wheat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. Legal Offense and Defense on the Canadian Prairies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. From When Cotton Was King to King Monsanto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. Starting a New Regime: Training the Locals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8. Conclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix: Log of Interviews\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530886410520,"sku":"9780292756878","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/corporate-crops-biotechnology-agriculture-and-the-struggle-for-control-paperback-softback-9780292756878","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}