Advancing Food Integrity: Gmo Regulation, Agroecology, and Urban Agriculture

ISBN-13: 9781138305250 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 230 str.

Steier, Gabriela (Partner, Food Law International LLP, Brighton, Massachusetts, USA)

Opis

Industrial agriculture relys on GMOs and failed in its mandate to feed the world. GMOs proliferation trivializes risks to food safety and integrity, coinciding with urbanization, globalization, and the centralization of our food system. This book benefits anyone interested in food law, environmental law, agroecology, and sustainale urban living.

Spis treści

Introduction: GMOs versus Agroecology. Looking over One's Shoulder: The Comparativist Method to Seek Solutions. Food Dependence: GMOs Fail to Feed the World. Agrobiodiversity: Contextualizing GMO Regulation. The Regulation of GMOs in International Trade. EU–US disputes over GMOs and the WTO biotech cases. Drawing Conclusions and the Path Forward.

O autorze

Gabriela Steier is co-founder of Food Law International (FLI) and editor of the textbooks International Food Law and Policy and International Farm Animal, Wildlife & Food Safety Law. She is a barred attorney and focuses on food safety, food law and policy, animal welfare and issues involving sustainable agriculture domestically and in the European Union. Gabriela has lectured on these topics and continues her research. She joined the Duquesne University School of Law in 2015 as an adjunct professor teaching a breakthrough new course, Food Law and Policy. She holds a B.A. from Tufts University, a J.D. from Duquesne University and is pursuing a doctorate in comparative law at the University of Cologne in Germany. Gabriela has published widely on international food law, policy and trade and has earned several awards for her work. As an experienced scholar and editor, and with her numerous publications ranging from peer-reviewed articles in international medical journals to law reviews, Gabriela has gained wide-spread interdisciplinary interest and some of her articles have been on the top ten list on SSRN for several months.