Stolen Harvest : The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply / by Vandana Shiva.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shiva, Vandana, author.

Series:

Culture of the land.

Culture of the land : a series in the new agrarianism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food supply.

Big business.

Food industry and trade.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For the farmer, the seed is not merely the source of future plants and food; it is a vehicle through which culture and history can be preserved and spread to future generations. For centuries, farmers have evolved crops and produced an incredible diversity of plants that provide life-sustaining nutrition. In India alone, the ingenuity of farmers has produced over 200,000 varieties of rice, many of which now line store shelves around the world. This productive tradition, however, is under attack as globalized, corporate regimes increasingly exploit intellectual property laws to annex these sustaining seeds and remove them from the public sphere. In Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply, Shiva explores the devastating effects of commercial agriculture and genetic engineering on the food we eat, the farmers who grow it, and the soil that sustains it. This prescient critique and call to action covers some of the most pressing topics of this ongoing dialogue, from the destruction of local food cultures and the privatization of plant life, to unsustainable industrial fish farming and safety concerns about corporately engineered foods. The preeminent agricultural activist and scientist of a generation, Shiva implores the farmers and consumers of the world to make a united stand against the genetically modified crops and untenable farming practices that endanger the seeds and plants that give us life.

Contents:

Introduction

The hijacking of the global food supply

Soy imperialism and the destruction of local food cultures

The stolen harvest under the sea

Mad cows and sacred cows

The stolen harvest of seed

Genetic engineering and food security

Reclaiming food democracy

Afterword.

Notes:

Originally published: Cambridge, MA : South End Press, [2000].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813166780

0813166780

9780813166797

0813166799

OCLC:

935112527