"Although the advent of GM foods has been described and criticized before, Uncertain Peril is the most coherent, complete, compelling, and well-written account yet.

Cummings brings to her treatise a wealth of experience with indigenous farmers in Vietnam, Hawaii, and Mexico. She knows the cultural origins and importance of food as well as the hard science.

At the heart of her treatise is a moral conviction that the integrity of the natural world must be respected and that we have a fundamental right to choose what we eat and to know what is in the food we eat."

- Chip Ward, "Catalyst", July 2008

Uncertain Peril is a powerful reminder that what’s at stake is nothing less than the nature of the future.

“Without being alarmist, Cummings has written a most alarming book, one that demands our attention.”
—Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food and The Omnivore’s Dilemma

“This is a magnificent work. Claire Cummings now takes her place with Wes Jackson, Wendell Berry, Vandana Shiva and other great philosophers and critics…”