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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know

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Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know by Robert Paarlberg


O x f _.rd Un _.ver- _.ty Pr _.ss | ISBN: 019538959X | 2010-04-07 | PDF | 240 pages | 1.26 Mb



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 under-regulated commercial farmers are facing stronger push-back from environmentalists and consumer activists, and food companies are under the microscope.

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