How the Government Got in Your Backyard: Superweeds, Frankenfoods, Lawn Wars, and the (Nonpartisan) Truth about Environmental Policies - Hardcover

""Freakonomics "for the gardening set---a must-read for anyone concerned with making our planet a safer place to live. ""--Amy Stewart"

This book condenses the facts in an accessible manner and poses both sides of the debate without preaching either way. --Amy Stewart "East Oregonian ""

"A lively read for a broad audience, from political activists and policymakers to gardeners and anyone who simply wants to know more about these important issues."

A lively read for a broad audience, from political activists and policymakers to gardeners and anyone who simply wants to know more about these important issues. "

Illuminates environmental confusion on a national scale and offers help in making the far-ranging debate easier to understand. Booklist

A lively read for a broad audience, from political activists and policymakers to gardeners and anyone who simply wants to know more about these important issues. Book News

If government issues relating to produce draw your attention, this book may help broaden your thinking. The Packer

You will be very surprised when you read this book. It may change your mind or you may stick to your guns. Either way, you will become informed, more knowledgeable, and be able to separate fiction from fact. Virginia Master Gardeners Association Report

This book condenses the facts in an accessible manner and poses both sides of the debate without preaching either way. East Oregonian

If you want to know the actual science details behind many of today s issues including those that affect gardening, such as chemical fertilizers and GMO s, you owe it to yourself to get this book. BornToFarm.com

Gillman and Heberlig are a horticulturist and a political scientist respectively, and their unique angles allow them to open these issues to the regular folks like me. SuchABookNerd.com
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"Illuminates environmental confusion on a national scale and offers help in making the far-ranging debate easier to understand." --Booklist

"A lively read for a broad audience, from political activists and policymakers to gardeners and anyone who simply wants to know more about these important issues." --Book News

"If government issues relating to produce draw your attention, this book may help broaden your thinking." --The Packer

"You will be very surprised when you read this book. It may change your mind or you may stick to your guns. Either way, you will become informed, more knowledgeable, and be able to separate fiction from fact." --Virginia Master Gardeners Association Report

"This book condenses the facts in an accessible manner and poses both sides of the debate without preaching either way." --East Oregonian

"If you want to know the actual science details behind many of today's issues including those that affect gardening, such as chemical fertilizers and GMO's, you owe it to yourself to get this book." --BornToFarm.com

"Gillman and Heberlig are a horticulturist and a political scientist respectively, and their unique angles allow them to open these issues to the regular folks like me." --SuchABookNerd.com