WAR on BUGS

Family Farm Forum Event
Author Will Allen visits Green Mountain College to discuss the history of pesticides and the media as documented in his new book, The War on Bugs.
Wednesday, April 2, 7 p.m. in the East Room of Withey Hall at GMC.

The War on Bugs, just released by Chelsea Green Publishing in February, addresses how advertisers, editors, scientists, large scale farmers, government agencies, and even Dr. Seuss, colluded to convince farmers to use deadly chemicals, hormones, and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in an effort to pad their wallets and control the American farm enterprise.

Using dozens of original advertisements and promotions to illustrate the story, Allen details how consumers and activists have struggled against toxic food.

Allen is currently a co-chair of Farms Not Arms, a coalition of farmers and farm-workers who oppose the war in Iraq. He is also a policy advisory board member of the Organic Consumers Association and serves on the board of Rural Vermont.

Since 1972, he has been farming full-time in places such as Oregon, California, and now Vermont, where he co-manages Cedar Circle Farm. He holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Comments

[Laura Cherkas]

Hi Katie,
I work in the publicity department here at Chelsea Green Publishing and came across your article on War on Bugs. Do you plan to continue blogging regularly? We have many other books which you might enjoy reviewing. You can check out our books at www.chelseagreen.com. Please let me know if you would like to obtain a review copy of any of our books.

Thanks,
Laura Cherkas
lcherkas@chelseagreen.com