Food politics : what everyone needs to know

Paarlberg, Robert L

Food politics : what everyone needs to know text Robert Paarlberg - Oxford Oxford University Press 2010 - 218p. Pbk

Includes bibliographical references and index.



An overview of food politics -- Food production and population growth -- The politics of high food prices -- The politics of chronic hunger -- The politics of famine -- The green revolution controversy -- Food aid and food power -- The politics of obesity -- The politics of farm subsidies and trade -- Agriculture, the environment, and farm animals -- Agribusiness, supermarkets, and fast food -- Organic and local food -- Food safety and genetically engineered food -- Who governs the world food system?

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Food supply
Nutrition policy
Agriculture and state
Food - Marketing

338.19 PAA