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Title

• Stuffed and Starved

Author

• Raj Patel

Publisher

• Melville House

Stuffed and Starved

The Hidden Battle for the World Food System

Overview

From the publisher

Half the world is malnourished, the other half obese. Both are symptoms of the corporate food monopoly.

To show how a few powerful distributors control the health of the entire world, Raj Patel conducts a global investigation, traveling from the “green deserts” of Brazil and protester-packed streets of South Korea to bankrupt Ugandan coffee farms and barren fields in India.

What he uncovers is shocking: the real reasons for famine in Asia and Africa, an epidemic of farmer suicides, and the false choices and conveniences in supermarkets. Yet he also finds hope: in international resistance movements working to create a more democratic, sustainable, and joyful food system.

From seed to store to plate, Stuffed and Starved explains the steps to regain control of the global food economy, stop the exploitation of farmers and consumers, and rebalance global sustenance.