Unnatural Selection: Technology, Politics, and Plant Evolution
$40.97
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
21 July 2026
Summary
A groundbreaking interdisciplinary history of the century-long battle over our planet’s most vital intellectual property: the seed. Unnatural Selection demonstrates how America’s intellectual property laws reshaped global agriculture with consequences we’re still grappling with today.
Seeds and planting materials are central to the agricultural system that feeds us all. Yet there has been surprisingly little interest in seriously analyzing the legal and polit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781632261588 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1632261588 |
| Author: | Cary Fowler |
| Publisher: | Easton Studio Press |
| Imprint: | Easton Studio Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 21 July 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 152mm |
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“This work will serve as the basic grounding for the future discussion of biodiversity/property rights of living organisms. It brings important new material that allows for new ways of thinking.”—Cornelia Flora, Past President, Rural Sociological Society
About The Author
Cary Fowler
Cary Fowler currently serves as the President of the Food Security Leadership Council. During the Biden Administration he was U.S. Special Envoy for Global Food Security. In the 1990s, Fowler headed the first United Nations assessment of the state of the world’s plant genetic resources and oversaw negotiations for an associated 150-country Global Plan of Action. Considered the “Father” of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway, he authored an award-winning book, Seeds on Ice, about this initiative. Dr. Fowler earned a doctoral degree from Uppsala University in Sweden and has received several honorary doctorates, including one from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences where he is Professor Emeritus of Environment and Development Studies. In 2024, he was awarded the World Food Prize.
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