FOOD POLITICS WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW

• Main Author: Paarlberg, Robert (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Oxford University Press 2013
• Edition: Second Edition
• Series: What everyone needs to know
• Subjects: Agriculture and state; Food > Marketing; Food supply; Nutrition policy
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• Physical Description: xv, 260 pages 21 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-235) and index
• ISBN: 9780199322381; 9780199322398

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 underregulated commercial farmers are facing stronger push back from environmentalists and consumer activists, and food companies are under the microscope. Meanwhile, agricultural success in Asia has spurred income growth and dietary enrichment, but agricultural setbacks in Africa have left one-third of all c.