(I’m working on building another page containing The RTOL GMO & BioTech Video Collection that you might also want to view too)

Books on Food and Biotechnology


The Lowdown on GMOs: According to Science

Fourat Janabi (Smashwords)-Free e-book

This free e-book a collection of essays got me started. One of the authors, Michael Simpson, I was already very familiar with reading his SkepticalRaptor.com blog.

Pandora’s Picnic Basket: The Potential and Hazards of Genetically Modified Foods

by Alan McHughen

Interestingly enough I would also see and get to read Dr. McHughen’s comments in the Food Farm Discussion Lab on FaceBook.

Food and You: A Guide To Modern Agricultural Biotechnology

by American Council on Science and Health  Martina Newell-McGloughlin, D.Sc.; Bruce Chassy, Ph.D.; & Gregory Conko, J.D.

The Man Who Fed the World

by Leon Hesser (Author)

Thank to a post by Channa Prakash of AgBioWorld  in the Food and Farm Discussion Lab Forum on FaceBook I learned of a new book coming out on Norman Borlaug and William Vogt entitled

The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow’s World

by Charles C. Mann

Books on Skepticism


Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives — Michael Specter

Doesn’t really mention biotech & agriculture at all but I mention it here because it explains just how damaging and dangerous science denial can be.

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