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Food politics : what everyone needs to know /

Paarlberg, Robert L.

Food politics : what everyone needs to know / Robert Paarlberg. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - xix, 218 p. ; 22 cm.

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?

9780195389593 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780195389609 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2009038334


Agriculture and state.
Food supply.
Food--Marketing.
Nutrition policy.

HD1415 / .P12 2010

338.1/9

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