ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the uneven expansion of the biotech regime, beginning with examples from within the US, arguably the birthplace of biotechnology. It seeks how, even within such a pro-biotech environment, pockets of resistance have formed and maintained their shape. It discusses the genetically engineered (GE) food controversy between the US and EU. This provides an entryway into a discussion of how the biotech regime has worked to expand into non-European parts of the world, with varying degrees of success. It discusses some of the strategies employed by the biotechnology regime to build networks to and through places other than North America and Europe and some of the resistance encountered along the way. It also discusses the biotech giants like Monsanto encounter pockets of resistance as they work to enroll divergent places around the globe. Organic agriculture accounts for approximately one-third of the agriculture in Mendocino County.
