Stuffed And Starved: Markets, Power And The Hidden Battle For The World Food System
of Raj Patel (Goodreads Author)
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Itâs 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 Indiaâs wrecked paddy-fields and Africaâs 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 hopeâin 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.
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- Format Hardcover
- Pages 448 pages
- Publisher Portobello Books Ltd
- Publication Date January 13th 2007
- First Publication 11/06/07
- Language English
- ISBN 9781846270109
- Edition Not informed
- Category Other
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