Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System

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Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System
by Raj Patel
from Melville House

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• Reclaiming our food rights
  "Stuffed and Starved" by Raj Patel is an ambitious piece of research and critical analysis of the world food system. As both a seasoned policy analyst and news reporter, Mr. Patel's thinking has been enriched through interactions with farmers, businesspeople, policymakers, and activists in four continents. Sharing his thoughts and experiences in an intelligent, mature and accessible manner, Mr. Patel contends that the corporate dominance of the global food production and distribution system must be... more info

• Contradictions with Connections
  In his comprehensive critique of the global food system, Patel takes his time winding his way through every stage of the food production process, through the experiences and perspectives of all involved--lay and professional--from around the world. Patel ultimately blames both corporations and governments for their complicity in undermining local, cultural, and sustainable foodways and thereby causing the major food-related problems of today, from obesity to starvation. Drenched in details and indictments,... more info

• Farmer Suicides and Other Foods For Thought.
  A great documentary story of how we in the better off world end up living off the rest of the world and keep repeating that its for the common good.
  Books like this are invaluable in all aspects of the human condition today because it joins the dots to show the economic motive force for many things that happen whether its food, healthcare or wars.
  I hope many people read this and mull over the thoughts when they next walk into a Starbucks under the delusion that they are participating in a... more info

• Smart, Opinionated Reading on Food Politics
  I picked up this book during the Slow Food Nation event and couldn't put it down. Incendiary, smart and endlessly thought-provoking, Stuffed and Starved should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand more about the politics of food. I've read Omnivore's Dilemma and lots of recent nonfiction on food politics, but wasn't familiar much of Patel's subject matter, like Via Campensina and related peasant farm movements.

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