Shows how both sides have made false promises, engaged in propaganda science and indulged in fear-mongering, but suggests that a partnership between consumers, corporations, scientists and farmers could still allow the biotech harvest to overcome world hunger and protect the environment.
Peter Pringle is the author and coauthor of several bestselling books, including THOSE ARE REAL BULLETS: BLOODY SUNDAY, DERRY, 1972 and CORNERED: BIG TOBACCO AND THE BAR OF JUSTICE. He has been a foreign correspondent for thirty years, working in Africa, the Middle East, Moscow and Washington D.C., for the SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER and the INDEPENDENT. He lives in New York City.