Modified

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Praise for Modified

"Caitlin Shetterly has written a passionate, provocative book that undoubtedly will be studied and scrutinized for the history it presents, and the stand it takes. It offers us Shetterly’s own intimate journey, sparked by personal desperation and real curiosity. And like the best of books, it mixes the domestic with the global, the scientific with the quixotic in an attempt to understand the dangers of the food we eat. Intrepid, urgent, prescriptive, and ultimately revelatory, Modified is important for our times."
—Michael Paterniti, author of The Telling Room and Love and Other Ways of Dying
 
“Caitlin Shetterly’s powerful new book, Modified, through dogged research and with the fierce determination of a mother, exposes, in elegant prose, the wholesale genetic modification of our food supply. Her personal odyssey pursuing the truth, colored with clear scientific and historical context, is a clarion call about the dangers of corporate control of our food supply and, importantly, what people can do about it."
—Amy Goodman, host and executive producer, Democracy Now!
 
Modified is the intriguing and compelling story of one woman’s brave pursuit of her own health—and the facts about the food we eat. A thoroughly consuming read.”—Lily King, author of Euphoria

“Riveting from beginning to end, Modified reads like a hard-hitting investigative thriller. Shetterly is a thorough, even-handed journalist and a clear, persuasive writer. Ground-breaking and explosive, this is a book for everyone who wants to understand what they are feeding themselves and their families. Reading it has opened my eyes and changed the way I buy food.”
—Kate Christensen, author of The Great Man and Blue Plate Special

"Sometimes people ask me why activists oppose GMO crops. This book by Caitlin Shetterly, both personal and provocative, provides as clear and detailed an answer as I've seen. No matter your take on this issue, you'll want to read and consider Modified."
—Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth and Deep Economy

“Intensely personal…a compelling case that consumers worldwide need more education on this important issue.” –Publisher’s Weekly, Most Anticipated Book for Fall 2016

"Shetterly’s accessible, well-researched, and damning work brings clarity to an often fuzzy debate.”–Publisher’s Weekly, starred review

“[Shetterly’s] passionate advocacy, combined with descriptions of multiple research studies and interviews with scientists, doctors, and farmers, makes a compelling case that consumers worldwide need more education on this important issue."—Library Journal, starred review

“[E]ye-opening…. Modified is [Shetterly’s] passionate and rather horrifying account of what is happening in the heartland and to our food supply.”—Vogue


Praise for Shetterly’s Made for You and Me 
 
 
“[A] beautiful, moving, haunting, and funny memoir about what really counts . . . a sublime gift of a book.” —Scott Simon, host of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Saturday”
 
“Resonant and richly detailed.” —Kai Ryssdal, host of NPR’s “Marketplace”
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