Feeding Frenzy: Land Grabs, Price Spikes, and the World Food Crisis

by Paul McMahon

Book Overview

Feeding Frenzy traces the history of the global food system and reveals the underlying causes of recent turmoil in food markets. Supplies are running short, prices keep spiking, and the media is full of talk of a world food crisis. The turmoil has unleashed some dangerous forces. Food-producing countries are banning exports even if this means starving their neighbors. Governments and corporations are scrambling to secure control of food supply chains...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771640138
• ISBN13: 9781771640138
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Greystone Books
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"