Eating tomorrow : agribusiness, family farmers, and the battle for the future of food / Timothy A. Wise ; with a foreword by Raj Patel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wise, Timothy A., 1955- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food supply.

Agricultural industries.

Family farms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : New Press, [2019]

Summary:

"A powerful polemic against agricultural technology." --Nature A major new book that shows the world already has the tools to feed itself, without expanding industrial agriculture or adopting genetically modified seeds, from the Small Planet Institute expert Few challenges are more daunting than feeding a global population projected to reach 9.7.

Contents:

Intro

Foreword Raj Patel

1 Introduction

Part I Into Africa: The New Colonialism

2 The Malawi Miracle and the Limits of Africa's Green Revolution

3 The Rise and Fall of the Largest Land Grab in Africa

4 Land-Poor Farmers in a Land-Rich Country: Zambia's Maize Paradox

Part II The Roots of Our Problems

5 Iowa and the Cornification of the United States

6 Fueling the Food Crisis

7 Monsanto Invades Corn's Garden of Eden in Mexico

Part III Trading Away the Right to Food

8 NAFTA's Assault on Mexico's Family Farmers

9 Trading in Hypocrisy: India vs. World Trade Organization

10 Conclusion: The Battle for the Future of Food

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-62097-423-1

OCLC:

1090397195