Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World’s Food System (Record no. 51771)

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International Standard Book Number 9781612191270
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Classification number 338.19 PAT
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Personal name Patel, Raj
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Title Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World’s Food System
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc Melville House
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2012
Place of publication, distribution, etc Brooklyn,
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Extent 418
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Summary, etc It'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.<br/>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 India's wrecked paddy-fields and Africa'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.<br/>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.<br/>Yet he also found great cause for hope-in international resistance movements working to create a more democratic, sustainable and joyful food system. Going beyond ethical consumerism, Patel explains the steps, from seed to store to plate, to regain control of the global food economy, stop the exploitation of both farmers and consumers, and rebalance global sustenance.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Food supply
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Food industry and trade
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Poverty
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Agriculture-Economic aspects
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Agriculture-Social aspects
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