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Author Eaton, Emily, 1980-

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

Publication Info. Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Subject Wheat -- Genetic engineering -- Canada.
Wheat -- Genetic engineering.
Canada.
Wheat.
Transgenic plants -- Political aspects -- Canada.
Transgenic plants.
Farmers -- Political activity -- Canada.
Farmers -- Political activity.
Wheat -- Prairie Provinces.
Prairie Provinces.
Wheat trade -- Prairie Provinces.
Wheat trade.
Indexed Term Canada
SCIENCE / Environmental Science
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / General
genetically modified;Monsanto;GMO;farming;food security;biotechnology;agriculture
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version 9780887557446
ISBN 9780887554353 (electronic book)
0887554350 (electronic book)
9780887557446 (print)
0887557449 (print)
9780887554407
0887554407