Contents

• Is America’s food supply safe?
• Mad cow disease threatens human health / Hightower Lowdown
• Mad cow disease is not a serious threat / Michael Fumento
• Genetically modified foods are safe / Gregory E. Pence
• Genetically modified foods are not safe / Martha Herbert - - Irradiation makes food safer / Robin Brett Parnes et al.
• Irradiation has limited benefits / Rose Marie Williams
• How should farms be operated?
• Animals should be treated more humanely on factory farms / Matthew Scully
• Animals are not mistreated on factory farms / Amy Garber, James Peters
• Organic farming should be pursued / Marika Alena McCauley, Laura Inouye
• Organic farming should not be pursued / John J. Miller
• Farm subsidies should be preserved / Karl Beitel
• Farm subsidies should be eliminated / Dennis T. Avery