From the Book - First edition.
Chapter 1: Can we feed the world without corporate farms?
1. Industrial farming may not be as bad as we think / Steve Savage
2. Corporate, industrial agriculture has already failed to feed the world / Dawn Gifford
3. Sustainable farming methods will provide not just more food, but better food / Zareen Pervez Bharucha
4. Organic crops alone can't feed the world / James E. McWilliams
5. Organic farming methods are almost as productive as conventional methods / Lauren C. Ponisio
6. "Can organic farming feed the world?" Is not even the right question / Brian Halweil
Chapter 2: Is corporate farming environmentally sustainable?
1. American's political commitment to producing corn at the expense of other crops damages the environment / Bill Hewitt
2. Modern industrial agriculture is destroying the ecosystem / Peter Saunders
3. The scientific debate about GM foods is over : they're safe / Michael White
4. Factory farming needs more government regulation / Will Allen
5. Sloppy analysis shakes the public's faith in science / Geoffrey Kabat
6. An agricultural shift in Cuba could mean ecological disaster / Miguel Altieri
Chapter 3: Is corporate farming economically sustainable?
1. Local food economies can thrive / Olga Bonfiglio
2. Farms get big out of economic necessity / Carrie Mess
3. Small farming could create jobs, if big industry would step back and let them / Gene Logsdon
4. Family farming can't support a family / Jaclyn Moyer
5. Corporate farming is more economically efficient than family farming in most circumstances / Nathan Wittmaack
Chapter 4: Is corporate farming morally justifiable?
1. Those who say GMOs are safe to eat are not objective / Nadia Prupis
2. Opposition to genetically engineered foods is based on bad science and dishonest hype / Layla Katiraee
3. Genetically engineered crops are safe to eat / Kelly Servick
are harming farmworkers and children in rural areas /
5. Democracy demands that control of the food system be in the hands of the citizens / Alana Mann
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