{"product_id":"stuffed-and-starved-markets-power-and-the-hidden-battle-for-the-world-food-system-9781846270109","title":"Stuffed and Starved: Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World Food System","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStuffed and Starved: Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World Food System\u003c\/strong\u003e by Raj Patel. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781846270109.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s a perverse fact of modern life: There are more starving people in the world than ever before, while there are also more people who are overweight.\n\nTo 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.\n\nWhat 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.\n\nYet 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\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Portobello Books (January 1, 2007)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45253473009717,"sku":"ByrdShop_1846270103","price":98.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781846270109_28f9546b-fa3b-4ff5-861e-f68f5edefb88.jpg?v=1779943743","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/stuffed-and-starved-markets-power-and-the-hidden-battle-for-the-world-food-system-9781846270109","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}