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Food for Thought: Towards a Future for Farming by Patrick Herman: Used
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Food for Thought: Towards a Future for Farming
- Publication Date
- 2004-02-20
- Pages
- 176
- ISBN
- 9780745320779
- Subject Area
- Nature, Political Science, Business & Economics
- Publication Name
- Food for Thought: Towards a Future for Farming
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Item Length
- 7 in
- Subject
- Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy (See Also Social Science / Agriculture & Food), Environmental Conservation & Protection, Industries / Agribusiness
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Item Weight
- 7.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 4.9 in
- Number of Pages
- 176 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pluto Press
ISBN-10
0745320775
ISBN-13
9780745320779
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30444784
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Food for Thought: Towards a Future for Farming
Subject
Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy (See Also Social Science / Agriculture & Food), Environmental Conservation & Protection, Industries / Agribusiness
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Nature, Political Science, Business & Economics
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
7.2 Oz
Item Length
7 in
Item Width
4.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2003-017306
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Food for Thought provides an exciting alternative to both globalisation and localisation, together with an informative survey of the niceties of Cap, the WTO and farming politics.
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Dewey Decimal
338.1/844
Synopsis
A manifesto for change in agriculture produced by the radical French farmers' union, Confederation Paysanne., The French radical farmers union Confédération Paysanne, with its charismatic leader José Bové, has led the world in demonstrating the possibility of a socially progressive future for farming. Rejecting the increasing intensification and industrialisation of agriculture, the Confédération has argued for the need for local food production by small, independent farmers - both for the sake of the quality of the food we consume and to support the kind of societies we want to live in.Originally published in French, Food for Thought has been expanded and adapted for an English-speaking audience. Patrick Herman and Richard Kuper demonstrate how the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy and now the WTO's Agreement on Agriculture are both designed to encourage an increasingly free-market, profit-maximising, destructive agriculture. The majority of farmers have lost out and continue to lose. Agribusiness thrives at their expense. The consequences are dire in terms of social and environmental costs in the industrialised world, and devastating for developing countries, whose ability to feed themselves is being destroyed along with a massive proportion of their small farmers.There are alternatives: to outlaw dumping of food on world markets effectively, to control the amounts of food produced, to share its production fairly among regions and countries, to encourage rather than to outlaw the use of import controls. There are farmers and other radical organisations struggling in support of these aims worldwide. They are at the forefront of the struggle against free market globalisation. They hold out the possibility of a radical, human-centred way of producing our food and organising our society., The French radical farmers union Confederation Paysanne, with its charismatic leader Jose Bove, has led the world in demonstrating the possibility of a socially progressive future for farming. Rejecting the increasing intensification and industrialisation of agriculture, the Confederation has argued for the need for local food production by small, independent farmers - both for the sake of the quality of the food we consume and to support the kind of societies we want to live in.Originally published in French, Food for Thought has been expanded and adapted for an English-speaking audience. Patrick Herman and Richard Kuper demonstrate how the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy and now the WTO's Agreement on Agriculture are both designed to encourage an increasingly free-market, profit-maximising, destructive agriculture. The majority of farmers have lost out and continue to lose. Agribusiness thrives at their expense. The consequences are dire in terms of social and environmental costs in the industrialised world, and devastating for developing countries, whose ability to feed themselves is being destroyed along with a massive proportion of their small farmers.There are alternatives: to outlaw dumping of food on world markets effectively, to control the amounts of food produced, to share its production fairly among regions and countries, to encourage rather than to outlaw the use of import controls. There are farmers and other radical organisations struggling in support of these aims worldwide. They are at the forefront of the struggle against free market globalisation. They hold out the possibility of a radical, human-centred way of producing our food and organising our society.
LC Classification Number
HD1918.H47 2003
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