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Pamela Ronald is Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of California, Davis, where she studies the role that genes play in a plant's response to its environment. Her laboratory has genetically engineered rice for resistance to diseases and flooding, both of which are serious problems of rice crops in Asia and Africa. Ronald is co-author with her husband, an organic farmer, of "Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetic and the Future of Food".

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"[Tomorrow's Table" is a fantastic piece of work. I totally recommend it whether you are pro GMO or anti-GMO." "This is an important book... I agree with the authors that we will need the best ideas from "organic" thinkers and from scientists – including genetic engineers – to feed the world and help the poorest...I certainly recommend this book"-- Bill Gates

"Here's a persuasive case that, far from contradictory, the merging of genetic engineering and organic farming offers our best shot at truly sustainable agriculture"-- Stewart Brand, creator of the Whole Earth Catalog

We found the book insightful and well-documented." -- Organic Gardening Magazine

"Whether you ultimately agree with it or not, Tomorrow's Table bring a fresh approach to the debate over transgenic crops."-- Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food and The Omnivore's Dilemma

"The noteworthy aspect of the book is the way they then marry their separate fields to argue logically for the use of GM technologies to improve organic agriculture." -- Science magazine

"Brilliant... the best book I have ever read about the ways in which genetically engineered and organic food relate to each other and society." -- Michael Specter, Staff writer for The New Yorker

"A unique, personal perspective ... Highly recommended." -- Peter H. Raven, President, Missouri Botanical Garden
"A tale of the passions of an organic farmer and a plant genetic scientis...a source of inspiration." -- Sir Gordon Conway KCMG FRS, Professor of International Development, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College, London, and past President of the Rockefeller Foundation

"Simply one of the best scientific presentations of organic agriculture I have read in that it is soundly grounded in the literature and does not over-reach, while remaining staunchly and reasonably pro-organic." -- Phil Stewart

"This wildly eccentric book juxtaposes deep scientific analysis of genetically engineered agriculture with recipes for such homey kitchen staples as cornbread and chocolate chip cookies." -- Booklist

Tomorrow's Table in the classroom at Oregon State University:
"I really enjoyed the book. It did a great job of keeping everything in perspective. Use again!"
"Use again! A great resource and easy to understand"
"The textbook was great. It had a story line to it. It was easy to remember."

"Tomorrow´s Table, una búsqueda de la verdad sobre la agricultura orgánica y la modificación genética" -- Antama Fundacion

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Eat with the fullest pleasure

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Posted on: January 21, 2010 2:39 PM, by Pamela Ronald

"Eating with the fullest pleasure- pleasure, that is, that does not depend on ignorance- is perhaps the profoundest enactment of our connection with the world".

Wendell Berry

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1

Well said. Venison cutlets it is!

Posted by: steve | January 21, 2010 5:13 PM

2

If I say goat milkshakes, does that sound wrong?

Posted by: Wayne | January 21, 2010 10:01 PM

3

First comment shows attitude that will destroy this planet.

Posted by: Suenorth | January 22, 2010 1:06 AM

4

Here in Scotland, we have a major ecological problem with uncontrolled deer populations. Eating the buggers seems like a very good idea.

Posted by: Dunc | January 22, 2010 4:55 AM

5

Wayne, not wrong, just disgusting. Goat is for braising or for kebab.

Posted by: cdrealist | January 22, 2010 8:11 AM

6

Suenorth, your comment is just silly. I was simply agreeing with the quote. I know my connection with the world.

I carefully harvest from a managed deer herd, properly prepare and preserve the meat, and I enjoy it, because it is both delicious and nutritious. No matter how much guilt you want to bury yourself in, we humans are a part of the food chain.

Get a grip on reality. The planet will not be destroyed. Humans might, but the planet really does not care.

Posted by: steve | January 22, 2010 8:37 AM

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@ #3 Suenorth

You do know that deer are farmed too, right?

Posted by: Hinemoana | January 22, 2010 5:43 PM

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Here in Scotland, we have a major ecological problem with uncontrolled deer populations. Eating the buggers seems like a very good idea.

Posted by: sikiş | January 23, 2010 11:22 AM

9

"First comment shows attitude that will destroy this planet."

I'm making elk tenderloin with roasted purple carrots, snow peas and a red wine reduction for Sunday dinner.

They were fresh out of unbaptized infants at the market.

"Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

Posted by: Prometheus | January 23, 2010 7:27 PM

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