Food politics : what everyone needs to know
Examines the politics of food, discussing convenience foods, under-regulated commercial farms, backlash against environmentalists and consumer activists, agricultural failure in third world countries, and other related topics.
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New York :
Oxford University Press ,
2010
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Table of Contents:
- 1. An overview of food politics
- 2. Food production and population growth
- 3. The politics of high food prices
- 4. The politics of chronic hunger
- 5. The politics of famine
- 6. The green revolution controversy
- 7. Food aid and food power
- 8. The politics of obesity
- 9. The politics of farm subsidies and trade
- 10. Agriculture, the environment, and farm animals
- 11. Agribusiness, supermarkets, and fast food
- 12. Organic and local food
- 13. Food safety and genetically engineered food
- 14. Who governs the world food system?