Stuffed and starved

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• Flab grab

  Stuffed and Starved: Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World's Food System by Raj Patel 438pp, Portobello, £16.99 Unless you are a corporate food executive, the food system isn't working for you. If you are one of the world's rural poor de ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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  Starved by the book. Stuffed by the references?

  300+ pages for an extensive but skin-deep overview of the many dark sides - and few bright spots - of the global food system. For example, Fair Trade is mentioned once just 8 pages before the end of the book, and first approved, then criticized in less than half a page.
  This book really raised my a ... (continue)

  300+ pages for an extensive but skin-deep overview of the many dark sides - and few bright spots - of the global food system. For example, Fair Trade is mentioned once just 8 pages before the end of the book, and first approved, then criticized in less than half a page.
  This book really raised my appetite for more information about food and agribusiness, but left me hungry for the answers. For that, it provides nearly 100 pages of notes and references for further reading. I'll go stuff my wishlist with recommended food for the brain - I hope it'll be good.

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  strident, not so convincing

  Oscillates between anedoct and statistics. To convince us that GMO cotton is bad for farmers, he tells us the story of how bad it was for one specific group of farmers in Africa.

  What is more, he does not provide us with a credible alternative. It fashionably badmouths the green revolution.

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  baffo said on Jun 18, 2009 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Others 438 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0002008114
• ISBN-13: 9780002008112
• Publisher: Harpercollins Canada
• Pub date: Feb 14, 2008
• Also available as: Paperback and Hardcover
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