{"product_id":"seeds-of-occupation-seeds-of-possibility-the-agrochemical-gmo-industry-in-hawaii-paperback","title":"Seeds of Occupation, Seeds of Possibility: The Agrochemical-Gmo Industry in Hawai'i - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrea Noelani Brower\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow Hawaiʻi became the epicenter of the biotech seed industry, and how a resistance movement arose to confront the industry's power.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hawaiʻi is a primary site for development of herbicide-resistant corn seed and, until recently, was host to more experimental field trials of genetically engineered crops than anywhere else in the world. It is also a node of powerful resistance. While documentaries and popular news stories have profiled the biotech seed industry in Hawaiʻi, \u003ci\u003eSeeds of Occupation, Seeds of Possibility\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to detail the social and historical conditions by which the chemical-seed oligopoly came to occupy the most geographically isolated islands in the world and made the soils of Hawaiʻi the epicenter of agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology testing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Andrea Brower, an activist-scholar from Hawaiʻi, examines the consequences related to genetically engineered seed development for Hawaiʻi's people and the social movement that has risen in response. With insights beyond the islands, \u003ci\u003eSeeds of Occupation, Seeds of Possibility\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates why visions for a radically better world must be expanded by intersectional and systemically oriented movements. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHawaiʻi is a primary site for development of herbicide-resistant corn seed and, until recently, was host to more experimental field trials of genetically engineered crops than anywhere else in the world. It is also a node of powerful resistance. While documentaries and popular news stories have profiled the biotech seed industry in Hawaiʻi, \u003ci\u003eSeeds of Occupation, Seeds of Possibility\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to detail the social and historical conditions by which the chemical-seed oligopoly came to occupy the most geographically isolated islands in the world and made the soils of Hawaiʻi the epicenter of agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology testing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Andrea Brower, an activist-scholar from Hawaiʻi, examines the consequences related to genetically engineered seed development for Hawaiʻi's people and the social movement that has risen in response. With insights beyond the islands, \u003ci\u003eSeeds of Occupation, Seeds of Possibility\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates why visions for a radically better world must be expanded by intersectional and systemically oriented movements. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrea Noelani Brower is an activist-scholar from Kaua'i. Her scholarship is rooted in collective movements for justice, equality, liberation, and ecological regeneration. She teaches in sociology, environmental studies, and leadership studies at Gonzaga University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.9 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51783082803488,"sku":"9781952271694","price":43.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ab898ea9878ee8bcb3a2fe9c53714905.webp?v=1780579862","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/seeds-of-occupation-seeds-of-possibility-the-agrochemical-gmo-industry-in-hawaii-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}