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1 online resource |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Vendor-supplied metadata. |
Contents |
1. Food sovereignty : some initial thoughts and questions for research / Annette Aurelie Desmarais -- 2. Justifying the human right to food in the food sovereignty framework / William D. Schanbacher -- 3. Agribusiness concentration : globalization, market power, and resistance / Douglas H. Constance, Mary Hendrickson, and Philip H. Howard -- 4. Racism, gender discrimination, and food chain workers in the United States / Joann Lo -- 5. Lessons from the food system : Borkian paradoxes, plutocracy, and the rise of Walmart's buyer power / R. Dennis Olson -- 6. The pursuit of happiness : at the intersection of food, performance, and consumer identity / Sara B. Dykins Callahan -- 7. Battles for the soul of organic : the grassroots versus the suits / Grace Gershuny -- 8. Where's the beef? : Looking for food in religion and ecology / Dell deChant -- 9. The GMO threat to food sovereignty : science, resistance and transformation / Brian Tokar -- 10. Agroecology and social movements / Peter M. Rosset and Maria Elena Martinez-Torres -- 11. Contested land politics and trajectories of agrarian change within an emergent world -- Agro-commodity regime : insights from the BRICS and the periphery / Ben McKay, Alberto Alonso-Fradejas, Chunyu Wang, and Saturnino M. Borras Jr. -- 12. The importance of process in achieving food sovereignty : participatory action research (PAR) in coffeelands of Nicaragua / Heather R. Putnam and J. Christopher Brown. |
Summary |
This text provides an analysis of the global food system. It looks at the way food is produced, distributed, and consumed in an effort to create a more equitable and healthful system worldwide. |
Subject |
Food sovereignty.
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Food security.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Food security. (OCoLC)fst01748879
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Food sovereignty. (OCoLC)fst01745639
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Added Author |
Schanbacher, William D.
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ISBN |
9781440829123 (electronic bk.) |
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1440829128 (electronic bk.) |
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