{"product_id":"stuffed-and-starved-the-hidden-battle-for-the-world-food-system","title":"Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eStuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRajeev Charles Patel\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781933633497\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eMelville House\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2008\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e398\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003e Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eHow can starving people also be obese?\u003cbr\u003eWhy does everything have soy in it?\u003cbr\u003eHow do petrochemicals and biofuels control the price of food? \u003cbr\u003eIt's a perverse fact of modern life: There are more starving people in the world than ever before (800 million) while there are also more people overweight (1 billion). \u003cbr\u003eTo find out how we got to this point and what we can do about it, Raj Patel launched a comprehensive investigation into the global food network. It took him from the colossal supermarkets of California to India's wrecked paddy-fields and Africa's bankrupt coffee farms, while along the way he ate genetically engineered soy beans and dodged flying objects in the protestor-packed streets of South Korea. \u003cbr\u003eWhat he found was shocking, from the false choices given us by supermarkets to a global epidemic of farmer suicides, and real reasons for famine in Asia and Africa. \u003cbr\u003eYet he also found great cause for hope--in international resistance movements working to create a more democratic, sustainable and joyful food system. Going beyond ethical consumerism, Patel explains, from seed to store to plate, the steps to regain control of the global food economy, stop the exploitation of both farmers and consumers, and rebalance global sustenance.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System | Rajeev Charles Patel | Paperback | 9781933633497 | Used: Very Good | Business \u0026 Personal Finance 1496424","offer_id":48417766801560,"sku":"1496424","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51pDuJTjtLL.jpg?v=1773335540","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/stuffed-and-starved-the-hidden-battle-for-the-world-food-system","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}