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Cranberry Red

By Jerry Apps

Cranberry Red Contemporary literature

Cranberry Red

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Description
The fourth novel in Jerry Apps's Ames County series, Cranberry Red brings the story into the present, portraying the challenges of agriculture in the twenty-first century. As the novel opens, Ben Wesley has lost his job as agricultural agent for Ames County. He is soon hired as a research application specialist for Osborne University, a for-profit institution that has developed 'Cranberry Red,' a new chemical that promises not only to improve cranberry crop yields but also to endow the fruits with the power to prevent heart disease, reduce brain damage from strokes, and ward off Alzheimer's disease. Ben must promote the new product to cranberry growers in Ames County and beyond, but he worries whether the promised results are credible. Was Cranberry Red rushed to market? When the chemical does all that the university claims it will do, Ben is relieved . . . until disturbing side effects emerge. Can he criticize Cranberry Red and safeguard farmers and consumers without losing his job, or will Ben's honesty get him fired while his community continues to get sicker?
Product details
Number of Pages:
324
Release Date:
2010-10-05
Publication Date:
1997-10-15
Publisher:
University of Wisconsin Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
02747268070299247708
ISBN13:
9780299247706
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
567 g
Height:
150 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
28 cm
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