Alfred Street (University of Auckland Store)
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End Of Food
Paperback Edition: 1/2009
The emergence of large-scale food production gave us unprecedented abundance - but at a steep and ultimately unsustainable price. Relentless cost-cutting has made our food systems vulnerable to contamination and disease. More than a billion people are overweight or obese, yet roughly the same number
are still malnourished. Over-crowded countries like China are already planning for tightened global food supplies. As the world veers back to a time of hunger and uncertainty, Paul Roberts explores the vulnerable miracle of our modern food economy and pinpoints the decisions we must make to avoid the coming meltdown.
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Publisher : Bloomsbury
Publication date : 2009-06-01
Subjects: Non-fiction, Social Sciences, Sociology, Cultural Studies