Description: Food Politics : What Everyone Needs to Know, Paperback by Paarlberg, Robert, ISBN 0199322384, ISBN-13 9780199322381, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US The politics of food is changing fast. In rich countries, obesity is now a more serious problem than hunger. Consumers once satisfied with cheap and convenient food now want food that is also safe, nutritious, fresh, and grown by local farmers using fewer chemicals. Heavily subsidized and
underregulated commercial farmers are facing stronger push back from environmentalists and consumer activists, and food companies are under the microscope. Meanwhile, agricultural success in Asia has spurred income growth and dietary enrichment, but agricultural failure in Africa has left one-third
of all citizens undernourished - and the international markets that link these diverse regions together are subject to sudden disruption.
The second edition of Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest developments and research on todays global food landscape, including biofuels, the international food market, food aid, obesity, food retailing, urban agriculture, and food safety.
The second edition also features an expanded discussion of the links between water, climate change, and food, as well as farming and the environment. New chapters look at livestock, meat and fish and the future of food politics.
Paarlbergs book challenges myths and critiques more than a few of todays fashionable beliefs about farming and food. For those ready to have their thinking about food politics informed and also challenged, this is th to read.
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Edition: 2
Book Title: Food Politics : What Everyone Needs to Know®
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2013
Topic: Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy (See Also Social Science / Agriculture & Food), General, Industries / Food Industry, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy)
Item Height: 0.8 in
Genre: Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics
Item Weight: 10.4 Oz
Item Length: 5.4 in
Author: Robert Paarlberg
Item Width: 8.1 in
Book Series: What Everyone Needs to Know® Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
