8 Index
(^) basic research, 09 – 0
Bayer-Monsanto, 0
Bayh-Dole Act, 0 –
beef slurry, 0 – . See also lean
finely textured beef, pink slime
Beef Trust, 2 , 48 – 49
Berry, Wendell, 8
beekeepers, 82 – 8
bias, science and, 08
Big Mike bananas, 28 , 6.
See also Gros Michel bananas
The Biggest Loser (tv show), 85
biodegradable plastics, 224
biofuels, 8 – 8
biomass of food animals, 228
black gold, 65
bliss point, 5
Borlaug, Norman, 05 – 06
Borman, Frank, 2
botulism, 54
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
(BSE), 49 – 50 , 8 – 82
Brazil, 8 – 9 , 8 , – 4 ,
200 – 202
bread, 2 – , 2 5
BSE. See bovine spongiform
encephalopathy; mad cow
disease
Bt toxin, 9
buffer zones, 99
Bunge, 225
bureaucracy, 92 – 9
Burkina Faso, 20
Bush, Vannevar, 09 – 0
Bushmen, – 5 , 6 , 2 2 – 2
cabbage, 84
Cabot, Vermont, 49 – 50
California, water supplies and,
4 –
calories
diversity and, 5
nutrition and, 9 , 0
perception of, 0
Campbell, Thomas, 2
Campbell Soup, 6
canals, – 4 , – 8 , 89
cannibalization, 8
canning, 46 – 4
Cargill, 8 , 225
carrots, 29
Carson, Rachel, 6 , 96
cattle, 2 5 – 2 6. See also meat
Cavendish bananas, 22 , 28 – 29
cellular agriculture, 228
cellulosic biofuels, 9 – 80
center-pivot irrigation, 80
cereals, 6 –
certified sustainable, 2 , 224
children, E. coli and, 50 – 5
Chilean sea bass, 25 – 2
China, 8 , 50 , 6 , 6 , 82 – 8
chloramphenicol, 8
chlorpyrifos, 99 – 200
cholesterol, 8 , 80 – 8
citrus leprosis disease, 8
Civil War, – 8
Clean Water Act, 4 , 9
Clinton, William, 4 , 40
Clostridium botulinum, 54
cod, 25 – 2
cold spell of 8 6 , 49 – 5
collective memory, 48 – 49 , 5
Colombia, 5 – 54 , 56
Colony Collapse Disorder, 82
Colorado, 4 , 5 , 80 , 92 , , 52 , 22
Colorado River basin, 5 – 6
commodity, water as, 5
communities, help from, 8 – 8
competitive markets, 5 – 6 , 8