Food politics : what everyone needs to know /
Robert Paarlberg.
- New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- xix, 218 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An overview of food politics -- Food production and population growth -- The politics of high food prices -- The politics of chronic hunger -- The politics of famine -- The green revolution controversy -- Food aid and food power -- The politics of obesity -- The politics of farm subsidies and trade -- Agriculture, the environment, and farm animals -- Agribusiness, supermarkets, and fast food -- Organic and local food -- Food safety and genetically engineered food -- Who governs the world food system?