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Natural Defense: Enlisting Bugs and Germs to Protect Our Food and Health

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Natural Defense: Enlisting Bugs and Germs to Protect Our Food and Health - Monosson, Emily, Dr., PhD
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We rely on chemical cures to keep our bodies free from disease and our farms free from bugs and weeds. While human and agricultural health are rarely considered together, both are based on the same ecology, and both are being threatened by organisms that have evolved to resist our antibiotics and pesticides. Fortunately, scientists are finding new solutions that work with, rather than against, nature. There are viruses that bust apart bacteria; insect pheromones that throw crop-destroying moths into a misguided sexual ...

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Natural Defense: Enlisting Bugs and Germs to Protect Our Food and Health 2017, Island Press

ISBN-13: 9781610917186

Hardcover