| Organics: It's All about the Money! Contributor(s): Drache, Hiram (Author) |
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ISBN: 0913163503 ISBN-13: 9780913163504 Publisher: Hobar Publications OUR PRICE: $20.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2015 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Organic |
| Physical Information: 272 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Organics. Green Revolution. Biotechnology. All Natural. GMO. Sustainable. We see and hear these terms in our daily lives, but what do they really mean? Is organic food healthier than conventional? Do pesticides and herbicides cause cancer? What do science and research tell us? What do our emotions tell us? Author Hiram Drache spent years researching, documenting, interviewing, and writing about these terms; inside is his attempt to answer these questions and more Dr. Drache s thoughts include: In many respects this has been my most difficult writing project, mainly because I was not fully at ease with the subject matter. But when I thought of all the criticism and obstacles that Norman Borlaug had faced while working for decades alongside people who were suffering from hunger, I felt that his great deeds had to be defended, and the facts needed to be exposed. We also must inform and educate those who have been misled, and are misinformed, who want to prohibit the world s most progressive agriculturalists from using the latest in mechanical and scientific technology to help those who are concerned in our society overcome its most pressing problem hunger. |
Contributor Bio(s): Drache, Hiram: - After serving in the Air Force as a combat navigator on bombing missions in the European Theater of Operations of World War II, Hiram Drache earned degrees at Gustavus Adolphus College, the Unversity of Minnesota, and the University of North Dakota. During his college years he worked in the family truck line and other businesses and later taught high school. He married Ada Nelson in 1948 and in 1950 the couple purchased their first farm. They were involved in farming until 1981 when the home farm was sold and the others were leased out. He started his career at Concordia College in 1952 and in 1991 became Historian-in-Residence. He has written fifteen books and has contributed to eight others. He has also written more than fifty articles chiefly on contemporary agriculture and/or agricultural history. That writing lead to a speaking career with over 1,000 engagements in thirty-six states, the District of Columbia, six provinces in Canada, plus Australia, Germany and Norway. |