The war on bugs / Will Allen.
The war on bugs / Will Allen.
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Publisher
White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., c2008.
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NQ363.1792/41
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Language
English
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Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
The roots of farming in the Americas -- America's first farm revitalization movement -- The birth of the rural journals -- Guano and the birth of the rural-industrial mouthpiece -- Liebig and the industrialists -- The fertilizer merchants -- The medical ancestry of pesticides -- Ratcatchers, quacks,...
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Publisher
White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., c2008.
Place of Publication
Vermont
Date Published
c2008.
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Summary
"From the start, farmers and consumers opposed the marketers' noxious shill. But more than a century of collusion among advertisers, editors, scientists, large-scale farmers, government agencies - and even Dr. Seuss - convinced most farmers to use deadly chemicals, hormones, antibiotics, and, more recently, genetically modified organisms." "Akin to...
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The war on bugs / Will Allen.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
c2008.
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NQ363.1792/41
Record Identifier
74VM8XXODmDA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM8XXODmDA
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ISBN
9781933392462
DDC
363.17920973
MMS ID
991000171179702626
