Devlin Kuyek

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Good Crop / Bad Crop Seed Politics and the Future of Food in Canada Between The Lines	In recent years Canadians have become more and more concerned about the origins of their food and the environmental impacts of pesticides in agriculture. What is less well known is that pesticide …	Devlin Kuyek	160	2007	View
From Transformation Part I: Roots From: Good Crop / Bad Crop View Between The Lines	Chapter 1 discusses agriculture and its relationship to the evolutionary process of seeds, the Green Revolution, the rise of transnational seed corporations, and more.	Devlin Kuyek	11	2007	$1.10 Add
From Industrialization Part I: Roots From: Good Crop / Bad Crop View Between The Lines	Chapter 2 explores new models of agribusiness and industrial farming, genetically engineered plants, Canada’s ‘‘farm family’’ image, the National …	Devlin Kuyek	7	2007	$0.70 Add
From Germination Part II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada From: Good Crop / Bad Crop View Between The Lines	Chapter 3 explores the germination process, discussing the history of agricultural practice in Canada from pre-colonization, the adoption of Indigenous crops by white settlers, agricultural …	Devlin Kuyek	3	2007	$0.30 Add
From Nation Part II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada From: Good Crop / Bad Crop View Between The Lines	Chapter 4 examines the connection between the agriculture, particularly wheat production, and the development of the Canadian nation, the prairie provinces, the genetics of red fife, cross …	Devlin Kuyek	20	2007	$2.00 Add
From Corporation Part II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada From: Good Crop / Bad Crop View Between The Lines	Chapter 5 examines the rise of corporations in agriculture in the 1970’s onward in Canada, The National Biotechnology Strategy 1983, policy reform, neoliberalism, and more.	Devlin Kuyek	9	2007	$0.90 Add
From Commodification Part II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada From: Good Crop / Bad Crop View Between The Lines	Chapter 6 explores the commodification of the agricultural industry by seed corporations, GURTS, patents and intellectual property, Monsanto’s Roundup Ready seeds, plant breeders’ …	Devlin Kuyek	30	2007	$3.00 Add
From Privatization Part II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada From: Good Crop / Bad Crop View Between The Lines	Chapter 7 focuses on privatization, private seed companies versus public varieties, monopoly rights, the SeCan Association, competition and Secrecy, and the case study of soybean production in Canada.	Devlin Kuyek	25	2007	$2.50 Add
From Harvest Part II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada From: Good Crop / Bad Crop View Between The Lines	Chapter 8 explores the future of agriculture, industrial farming and its alternatives, grassroots community organizing and political mobilization, resistance to industrial agriculture, the …	Devlin Kuyek	10	2007	$1.00 Add