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A man-made famine - India and the world in the Great Hunger of 2008

housingstruggles wrote 2 weeks ago: Sanhati, 20 June 2008 1. India’s Emerging Food Security Crisis: The Consequences of the Neoliberal … more »

Tags: Analysis, Food, Food crisis, Hunger, magdoff, sahati, Stuffed and Starved

The Food Crisis Is Over (If We Want It)

chrisy58 wrote 2 weeks ago: Published on Thursday, June 19, 2008 by the San Francisco Chronicle The Food Crisis Is Over (If We … more »

Tags: Women's Issues, Climate Change Issues, Food crisis, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, Bay Area, Victory Garden

Food for Thought4 comments

jumawood wrote 1 month ago: Excuse the bad title; the creative juices are low today. Great conversation on Bloggingheads between … more »

Tags: Economy, Education, integral, Political, Social, bloggingheads, Michael Pollan, locavore, megan mcardle

Blaming the Obese1 comment

hysperia wrote 1 month ago: Raj Patel continues to hammer away at pathetic and de-politicized responses to the crisis created by … more »

Tags: essays, International Politics, Global Capitalism, Food crisis, global food system, food policy, food production system, Transport policy, fossil fuel

If We Are What We Eat...Redux

kashicat wrote 1 month ago: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” Thus journalist Michael Pollan begins his book, … more »

Tags: Book Reviews, Food, Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food, Western Diet, Vegetarianism, health, Nutrients, Agriculture

Eat your bread in happiness3 comments

Andrew wrote 1 month ago: A week ago I finished reading Raj Patel’s new book, Stuffed and Starved, and can say without a … more »

Tags: Art, consumerism, Culture, Economics, ethics, Philosophy, Quotes, Theology, cooking

'Their idols are silver and gold...'4 comments

Andrew wrote 2 months ago: I’ve been enjoying Raj Patel’s new book, Stuffed and Starved: Markets, Power and the Hid … more »

Tags: Economics, Politics, Theology, Food, Food crisis, food markets economics, God, Idolatry, National Interest

Stuffed and Starved: As Food Riots Break Out Across the Globe, Raj Patel Details “The Hidden Battle for the World Food System”1 comment

balkan wrote 2 months ago: Democracy Now April 08, 2008 Global food prices have risen dramatically, adding a new level of dange … more »

Tags: Food, News, Prices, Agriculture, Globalisation, Politics, Food crisis, Environment

Mundane Musings

Monica wrote 2 months ago: Interesting that with transiting Mars in Cancer making a T-square with the Aries Sun and Mercury an … more »

Tags: Jupiter in Capricorn, Commodities, Marjorie Orr, Haiti, Barry Ritholtz, new york real estate, amy goodman

Reaping what we sow

Neil wrote 2 months ago: Raj Patel writes on how the policies of free market fundamentalists like World Bank chief Robert Zo … more »

Tags: Food crisis, World Bank, Robert Zoellick, A Curious Way Of Tackling Obesity

Old McDonald had a farm...

mikeraffone wrote 2 months ago: “The British National Grid, the UK’s electricity transmission system, distributes over 6 … more »

Tags: Agribusiness, farming, Food, neoliberalism

The end of 'cheap' food?

Ananthakrishnan G. wrote 3 months ago: Slowly but surely, politics in this country is acquiring a foundation in contemporary issues, rathe … more »

Tags: Journalism, climate change, poverty, Citizen Sector, India, Fundamental Rights, International Affairs, Economics, Agriculture

If we are what we eat, we're in big, big trouble

kashicat wrote 3 months ago: Raj Patel is a man who has seen the worst that can be done to the world’s food system — … more »

Tags: Do I Want to Read Your Book?, Stuffed and Starved, Food sovereignty, Food, capitalism, This is Not a Reading Series

Fighting for Food and One Day at a Time

golightly wrote 3 months ago: Episode Aired 080311 The Cold Opener had a bit of school lesson in it. They explained our country … more »

Tags: Canadians, everything you always wanted to know about, The Hour, Food, John A. MacDonald, Valerie Bertinelli

Stuffed and starved2 comments

Jeremy wrote 5 months ago: Capitalism should not be trusted to feed the world. That’s the basic message of Raj Patel … more »

Tags: Equality, Fair Trade, Exploitation, sustainability, consumerism, Globalisation, development, Books, Food


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