Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. Neoliberal Globalism and the Biotechnology Revolution: Economic and Historical Context -- CHAPTER 2. Latin American Agriculture, Food, and Biotechnology: Temperate Dietary Pattern Adoption and Unsustainability -- CHAPTER 3. Exporting Crop Biotechnology: The Myth of Molecular Miracles -- CHAPTER 4. Biosafety Regulation and Global Governance: The Problem of Absentee Expertise in Latin America -- CHAPTER 5. Unnatural Growth: The Political Economy of Biotechnology in Mexico -- CHAPTER 6. Importing Corn, Exporting Labor: The Neoliberal Corn Regime, GMOs, and the Erosion of Mexican Biodiversity -- CHAPTER 7. Political Economy of Agricultural Biotechnology in North America: The Case of rBST in La Laguna, Mexico -- CHAPTER 8. Genetically Modified Soybeans and the Crisis of Argentina's Agriculture Model -- CHAPTER 9. Brazilian Biotechnology Governance: Consensus and Conflict over Genetically Modified Crops -- CHAPTER 10. Brazilian Farmers at a Crossroads: Biotech Industrialization of Agriculture or New Alternatives for Family Farmers? -- CHAPTER 11. Social Movements and Techno-Democracy: Reclaiming the Genetic Commons -- CHAPTER 12. Conclusion: Food for the Few? -- About the Contributors -- Index.