Rissman, Rebecca
Summary: "Genetically Modified Food helps readers trace the history of GMOs, explore the science behind it, understand why and how we utilize them, and discuss controversies concerning GMOs from an objective viewpoint. The title will engage readers on the topic and help them to weigh the pros and cons as they make their own food decisions."--Publisher's website.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 664 RISSummary: "Within the last half century, our agricultural and food industries have changed more than ... ever before. New technologies and scientific ingenuity have given rise to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and other man-made foods. People have begun to raise concerns about the safety of GMOs in our food supply, given their incredible dominance in a large portion of our diets. Traditional...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: KITG Productions 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OFMorlock, Rachael
Summary: "GMOs, or genetically modified organisms, are one of the hottest topics in food science and nutrition today. Are they unhealthy? Are they helpful? Readers explore this complex topic with the help of balanced text that allows them to see the facts behind this heated debate. Detailed sidebars and graphic organizers provide additional information about the science behind GMOs, and full-color...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 631.5 MORLynas, Mark
Summary: "In the mid-1990s, UK newspapers picked up on a controversial issue that had been slowly gathering steam - genetically modified organisms. The media soon could talk about little else. Headlines screamed that this technological advance could pose serious health risks, that our food was already GM-rich and yet we didn't even realise. How could this be? Of course there was science and statistics...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Sigma 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 LYNSummary: "Never-before-seen evidence points to genetically engineered foods as a major contributor to rising disease rates in the U.S. population, especially among children...Monsanto's strong arm tactics, the FDA's fraudulent policies, and how the USDA ignores a growing health emergency are also laid bare. This sometimes shocking film may change your diet, help you protect your family, and accelerate...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Institute for Responsible Technology 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GENCharles, Daniel.
Summary: "The food we eat is being transformed before our eyes. Biotech companies are creating designer crops with strange powers--from cholesterol-reducing soybeans to tobacco plants that act as solar-powered pharmaceutical factories. They promise great benefits: better health for consumers and more productive agriculture. But the vision has a dark side, awakening fears of profit-driven tampering with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Pub. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 631.5233 CHAShetterly, Caitlin
Summary: "An assessment of the hot-button debate about GMOs by a journalist who became convinced that genetically modified corn was causing family illnesses traces the evolution of ubiquitous modified products and how they are threatening human health,"--NoveList.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 SHEMannaert, Wauter
Summary: "Yasmina isn't like the other kids in her city. She might be an oddball, but no one can deny that Yasmina has a flair for food. All she needs to whip up a gourmet meal is a recipe from her cookbook and fresh vegetables from the community garden. But everything changes when the garden is bulldozed and replaced with a strange new crop of potatoes. Her neighbors can't get enough of these spuds!...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MANBrown, Carron
Summary: Watch as astronauts blast off into space with this beautifully illustrated book. By simply holding the book up to the light, or shining a torch behind each page, young readers will be able to discover how astronauts work, eat and exercise on a space station, and will delight in following a crew from lift-off to touch-down. The innovative see-through feature fulfills a similar function to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SPANISH BRORusch, Elizabeth
Summary: "Una historia real sobre un científico contemporáneo que salvó la capa de ozono y el planeta, evitando un desastre en el medioambiente. Mario Molina es un científico mexicoamericano y un héroe de nuestros días que ayudó a resolver la crisis de la capa de ozono de la década de 1980. Se crió en la Ciudad de México y desde niño sintió curiosidad por los mundos ocultos que estudiaba a través de un...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2019
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J SPANISH 921 MOLSummary: Fueled by curiosity and a dash of naiveté, college buddies Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis return to their ancestral home of Greene, Iowa, to find out how the modest corn kernel conquered America. With the help of real farmers, powerful fertilizer, government aid, and genetically modified seeds, the friends manage to grow one acre of corn. Along the way, they unlock the hidden truths about America's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama Films 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KINHoneycutt, Zen
Summary: Unstoppable is the story of a mother who learns about the current state of our world food supply, how it affects your dinner table, and how it affects the health of everyone you love. In her book, Zen walks you through her realization of the chemicals we all feed our loved ones, their origin and effects according to top-notch scientists from around the world, and why none of this is necessary...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Moms Across America Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 HONRonald, Pamela C.
Contents: Cultivating sacred rice in Nihe, China and Davis, California -- Why organic agriculture? -- The tools of organic agriculture -- The tools of genetic engineering -- Legislating lunch -- Who can we trust? -- Is GE food risky to eat? -- Conserving wildlands -- Weeds, gene flow, and the environment -- Who owns the seed? -- Who owns the genes? -- Deconstructing dinner: genetically engineered,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.8 RONSummary: Documents the trend of unlabeled genetically-modified foods which have become increasingly prevalent in grocery stores. Unravels the complex web of market and political forces that are changing the nature of what we eat. Explores organic and sustainable agriculture as alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Arts Alliance America 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FUTSummary: "Director and concerned father Jeremy Seifert is in search of answers. How do GMOs affect our children, the health of our planet, and our freedom of choice? And perhaps the ultimate question, which Seifert tests himself: is it even possible to reject the food system currently in place, or have we lost something we can't gain back? These and other questions take Seifert on a journey from his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Non-Fic GThomas, Keltie
Summary: The Earth's oceans are on the rise. Since 1900, global sea levels have risen steadily each year to a global average of about 8 inches (20cm) today, and they're still rising. By 2100, the sea could climb as much as 14 feet (4.3m) to 32 feet (9.75m). Rising Seas: Flooding, Climate Change and Our New World gives youth an eye-popping view of what the Earth might look like under the rising and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books Ltd. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.45 THOPringle, Peter.
Summary: "For most people, the global war over genetically modified foods is a distant and confusing one. The battles are conducted in the mystifying language of genetics. A handful of corporate "life science" giants, such as Monsanto, are pitted against a worldwide network of anticorporate ecowarriors like Greenpeace. And yet the possible benefits of biotech agriculture to our food supply are too vital...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.8 PRILassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LASRodríguez, Patty
Summary: "Inspired by one of the oldest traditional games of chance, this book will introduce your little one to their first English and Spanish words"--Page 4 of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Libros 2014
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: JE ROD Board BookBrown, Monica
Summary: A powerful and accesible bilingual picture book that highlights "the power and impact of ordinary but dedicated citizens." Every day, thousands of farmworkers harvested the food that ended up on kitchen tables all over the country. But at the end of the day, when the workers sat down to eat, there were only beans on their own tables. Then Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez teamed up. Together they...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BROCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BROFedoroff, Nina V. (Nina Vsevolod)
Summary: Describes the controversies surrounding the production of genetically modified foods.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Joseph Henry Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 FEDMorlock, Rachael
Summary: "Factory foods-or processed foods-are a part of most people's diets to some degree. How are they made? Why do we eat them? What nutritional value do they have? These and many other questions about factory foods are answered in this helpful guide to health and nutrition. With an emphasis on facts rather than judgments about food, readers are encouraged to learn about what they're eating with the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 641.3 MORLevy, Janice.
Summary: Simple text and color illustrations present the historical background and contemporary celebration of the Cinco de Mayo holiday.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman 2007