Displaying 1 of 1 2010 Format: Book Author: Paarlberg, Robert L. Title: Food politics : what everyone needs to know / Robert Paarlberg. Publisher, Date: Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2010. Description: xix, 218 pages ; 22 cm Summary: 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. Subjects: Agriculture and state. Food supply. Food -- Marketing. Nutrition policy. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-208) and index. Contents: 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? LCCN: 2009038334 ISBN: 9780195389609 9780195389593 0195389603 019538959X Other Number: 437186828 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 304207 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 338.19 Paarlber Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
