The Global Food Economy: The Battle for the Future of Farming [Paperback]

Tony Weis (Author)

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Paperback: 218 pages
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing Co., Ltd. (July 7 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1842777955
ISBN-13: 978-1842777954
Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.6 x 1.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 227 g

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Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #180,591 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #25 in Books > Science > Agricultural Sciences > History
- #45 in Books > Nonfiction > Economics > Agricultural
- #63 in Books > Science > Agricultural Sciences > Economics

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This book sets out some answers to the question: how can we build an ecologically sustainable and humane system of food production and distribution? The modern food economy is a paradox. Surplus 'food mountains' sit alongside global malnutrition and the developed world subsidizes its own agriculture while pressurizing the developing world to liberalize at all costs. Export competition is increasingly aggressive whilst the reliance on imports in many countries has worrying implications for food security. Family farms go out of business and dispossessed peasant farmers are driven into urban slums. The WTO's uneven application of neoliberal economics to food production is relatively new, and the consequences of mounting deficits, rising 'food miles', and social upheaval, are untested but ominous.

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Tony Weiss is Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Western Ontario, Canada.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Scintillating Read, Jun 12 2007

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Tony Weis has provided an important contribution to the growing debate about the Global Food Economy. Similar to what Vandana Shiva has done for expressing the growing concerns about globalization and the food supply from an Indian vantage point, Weis has provided an important Canadian perspective. Although this book explores some sobering and dire issues, Weis's prose is lively, well researched and engaging. His mind is swift and nimble, his sources are varied and indicative of considerable scholarship. This book is essential reading for any activist who is interested in being part of the battle to reclaim and redefine agriculture in the twenty-first century. Share this book!

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