Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)

by Robert Paarlberg

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199322384
• ISBN13: 9780199322381
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.1"