Calamai, Peter2017-05-242017-05-242004https://hdl.handle.net/1813/50043There is concern about disintegrating social connection in Canada as in the US. Political observers are bemoaning the hollowing out of constituency organizations, once the backbone of political parties. But opposition to agricultural biotechnology is bucking the erosion of social capital and has managed to unite people across ideologies, social classes, education, income, and even in disparate neighborhoods.en-USAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 InternationalAgricultural biotechnologyfood safetyfood securityglobal agriculturedeveloping countriessustainabilityEco-footprintGMOprecautionary principle,book chapter