The seemingly unlikely partnership of organic farming and GMOs is in the news again in the Washington Post. This article supports Lisa’s post from earlier this month, and again challenges us to abandon caricatures and look at the synergies.

The article also mentions a new book entitled Tomorrow’s Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food, by Pamela Ronald and Raoul Adamchak, a wife and husband team of plant geneticist and organic farmer. The Amazon.com review characterizes it as:

“a tale of two marriages. The first is that of Raoul and Pam, the authors, and is a tale of the passions of an organic farmer and a plant genetic scientist. The second is the potential marriage of two technologies-organic agriculture and genetic engineering. Like all good marriages, both include shared values, lively tensions, and reinvigorating complementarities. “

I succumbed and ordered it. I’ll read it as soon as my few minutes of spare time allow and post my review.

1. Renate Says:
   April 27th, 2008 at 6:32pm

   You may enjoy perusing http://soilandhealth.org/ which is an Aussie website that offers free downloads of out-of-print books on agriculture, health, and social justice. Some of the gems include Masanobu Fukoka’s “One Straw Revolution” and Andre Voisin’s “Soil, Grass, and Cancer”



2. Sara Says:
   April 28th, 2008 at 8:18am

   Thanks for a very interesting link! I saw that there is even a treatise by Darwin in the ag section. My husband was with the Tasmanian Fishing Industry Council when I met him, and specializing in estuarine ecosystem management. We both have enjoyed “Back from the Brink” by Peter Andrews about reclaiming Australian agricultural land. The book is very hard to find in the US; I think we’ve imported 6 or more copies to lend and give from our various visits back to OZ.