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Michael Heimbinder, a Fellow at the Oakland Institute, is a writer, researcher, community organizer, and information designer. He is a graduate of Colorado College and received his M.A. in International Affairs from the New School for Social Research where he studied international agricultural economics with an emphasis on comparative farm structures.

Michael’s recent independent research and writing examines how bioinformatics, nanoengineering, and molecular biology are converging to yield unprecedented machine/human combinations. His latest work, How Food Became a Casualty of Biotechnology’s Promise , examines how plants and animals are being genetically engineered by the pharmaceutical industry to produce human organs and human proteins.

Michael is also Founder and Executive Director of HabitatMap. HabitatMap is a brooklyn based non-profit that builds web tools to support grassroots organizing for livable cities and healthy communities.

How Food Became a Casualty of Biotechnology's Promise

Policy Brief, Summer 2007

The Roots of Terrorism, the Logic of Humanitarian Intervention, and the Reality of American Engagement

Bologna Center Journal for International Affairs, Spring 2004