Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Knowr Paarlberg Robert
Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Knowr Paarlberg Robert Covering the many important changes in food markets and food politics that have shaped both global and local farming and eating over the…
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Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Knowr Paarlberg Robert
Covering the many important changes in food markets and food politics that have shaped both global and local farming and eating over the past decade, this compact and authoritative primer lays out everything you need to know to understand today's global food landscape.The politics of food is changing fast. 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. In rich countries, obesity is now a more serious problem than hunger.
Where does power lie in this increasingly complex global food system? Heavily subsidized and underregulated commercial farmers are facing stronger push back from environmentalists and consumer activists, and food companies are under the microscope. Moreover, what is the future of food politics, both in the United States and beyond?The