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In this case, there are numerous "bad seeds" for protestors to rail against, ranging from Golden Rice (bioengineered to contain dozens of unnaturally occurring "micronutrients") to potatoes and bananas that are capable of delivering vaccines to millions without the bother of injection. One could also call the militant members of the greener-than-green organization known as Don't Break the Food Chain bad seeds since, despite their polite middle-class upbringings, they seem to have little conscience when it comes to arrogantly taking the law into their own hands.
Another candidate for the title of bad seed is the crusading amazon of a professor, the late and little-lamented Kate Barnett, who was willing to pervert her scientific knowledge in the name of progress.
As lively narrator Alex Bernier eventually learns, what's at stake at the conference is even more ethically questionable that the quest for "better broccoli," and the story behind the story turns out to be even hotter than a peck of chili peppers. Beth Saulnier is a clever observer of her generation and an eminently sane commentator on the follies and foibles of extremists young and old, as well as funny enough to compare with the endlessly hilarious Janet Evanovich. --Otto Penzler
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