Bountiful Harvest is a book by University of Houston

University of Houston

The University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of...

 economics professor Thomas R. DeGregori, debunking what he calls "anti-science

Antiscience

Antiscience is a position that rejects science and the scientific method. People holding antiscientific views are generally skeptical that science is an objective method, as it purports to be, or that it generates universal knowledge. They also contend that scientific reductionism in particular is...

 environmental activists", and arguing for the employment modern agricultural innovations such as bioengineered food

Genetically modified organism

A genetically modified organism or genetically engineered organism is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques. These techniques, generally known as recombinant DNA technology, use DNA molecules from different sources, which are combined into one...

s, which he claims have increased life expectancy and crop yields, and generally improved human well-being.

The AgBiotech Reporter called DeGregori's book "an ideal handbook for anyone who wants to understand the opponents of progress." http://www.cato.org/cgi-bin/Web_store/web_store.cgi?page=bountifulharvest.html&cart_id=

External links

• Bountiful Harvest: Technology, Food Safety, and the Environment; Cato Inst; (October 2002) ISBN 1-930865-31-7