Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food

Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System - Revised and Updated

Revised and Expanded Edition

"For anyone attempting to make sense of the world food crisis, or understand the links between U.S. farm policy and the ability of the world's poor to feed themselves,Â Stuffed and StarvedÂ is indispensable."
â‚¬"Michael Pollan, author ofÂ The Omnivore's Dilemma

Itâ‚¬s a perverse fact of modern life: There are more starving people in the world than ever before, while there are also more people who are overweight.

To find out how we got to this point and what we can do about it, Raj Patel launched a comprehensive investigation into the global food network. It took him from the colossal supermarkets of California to Indiaâ‚¬s wrecked paddy-fields and Africaâ‚¬s bankrupt coffee farms, while along the way he ate genetically engineered soy beans and dodged flying objects in the protestor-packed streets of South Korea.

What he found was shocking, from the false choices given us by supermarkets to a global epidemic of farmer suicides, and real reasons for famine in Asia and Africa.

Yet he also found great cause for hopeâ‚¬"in international resistance movements working to create a more democratic, sustainable and joyful food system. Going beyond ethical consumerism, Patel explains, from seed to store to plate, the steps to regain control of the global food economy, stop the exploitation of both farmers and consumers, and rebalance global sustenance.
Country USA
Brand Melville House
Manufacturer Melville House
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 1612191274
Color Sky/Pale blue
ReleaseDate 2012-06-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781612191270

Country	USA
Brand	Melville House
Manufacturer	Melville House
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	1612191274
Color	Sky/Pale blue
ReleaseDate	2012-06-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781612191270

Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System - Revised and Updated

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