false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215103264m/2015924.jpg 2015924 7 It is difficult to pick up a newspaper without reading about increasing food crises in much of the world or the epidemic of obesity in America. Raj Patel argues that both are symptoms of the corporate food monopoly. From seed to store to plate, Stuffed and Starved explains the steps to regain control of the global food economy, stop the exploitation of farmers and consumers, and rebalance global sustenance. 2251220 13 1 2007 Stuffed and Starved: Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World Food System total:181|5:52|4:68|3:45|2:15|1:1| 181 698 637 67 5 4 false false Sat Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 06:56:16 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 09:57:37 -0700 2008 READ THIS BOOK! is the most logical place to begin this review. Seriously. Read it.

This is an incredibly nuanced look at the global food market. He addresses everything from rural poverty, failure, and farmer suicide (in the Global North and Global South) to the bottlenecks in ...more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 13:39:27 -0700 2008 Fri May 01 10:57:31 -0700 2009 campesinos growing soy in Brazil, Koreans fighting against t...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Feb 08 14:52:08 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 11:03:37 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 14:52:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 21:26:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 21:45:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 22:41:49 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 08:52:58 -0700 2008
Patel tells me what I already know in grinding, depressing detail. But don't let that put you off, if you know little or nothing about the global food situtation the...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 10:07:35 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 10:14:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 22 12:16:11 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 14 13:02:23 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 22 12:16:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Dec 06 10:03:47 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 10:09:46 -0800 2008 In short, this book is WAYYY too long.I've never thought about the book editor before, but while the info is good, it is repeated t...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jun 09 06:32:20 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 11:54:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 11:25:52 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 10:31:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 13:22:58 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 12:31:48 -0700 2008 In taking a moralistic view of starvation and obesity, our media, governments and many NGOs have condemned those suffering to more of the same. While the institutio...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 23 19:24:17 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 19:24:17 -0700 2008
Will post a link to review when I write one, in the meantime, I have to post this paragraph on Haiti, as I've been thinki...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 19:37:10 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 19:40:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 17:17:18 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 16:47:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 11:13:42 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 15:01:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 30 05:54:09 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 06:07:42 -0800 2008 http://www.alternativeradio.org/ - Unfortunately the podcast costs a few bucks - but it was a very good talk.) The whole issue of food - who produces it, how it'...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Oct 01 05:09:57 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 05:11:36 -0700 2008
"Stuffed & Starved" is an incredibly timely look at the world's food system...Patel's inside knowledge of the workings of the WTO inform his critique of the food economy, from Monsanto's seed-patenting to the ecological dangers of monocultures to the economic plight o...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 02 11:15:58 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 10 08:32:45 -0700 2009
Patel has tried to take a broad academic field and summarize using examples in the real wo...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 12 13:09:47 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 13:09:47 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 17:28:43 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 20:03:30 -0700 2008
And I did learn some fascinating information - such as the rise of the Brazilian soybean market. It's more interesting than i...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2015924