{"product_id":"the-global-food-economy-the-battle-for-the-future-of-farming-paperback","title":"The Global Food Economy: The Battle for the Future of Farming - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTony Weis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eGlobal Food Economy\u003c\/i\u003e examines the human and ecological cost of what we eat. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe current food economy is characterized by immense contradictions. Surplus 'food mountains', bountiful supermarkets, and rising levels of obesity stand in stark contrast to widespread hunger and malnutrition. Transnational companies dominate the market in food and benefit from subsidies, whilst farmers in developing countries remain impoverished. Food miles, mounting toxicity and the 'ecological hoofprint' of livestock mean that the global food economy rests on increasingly shaky environmental foundations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book looks at how such a system came about, and how it is being enforced by the WTO. Ultimately, Weis considers how we can find a way of building socially just, ecologically rational and humane food economies.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTony Weis is an associate professor in geography at the University of Western Ontario. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ecological Hoofprint: The Global Burden of Industrial Livestock\u003c\/i\u003e (Zed 2013), as well as co-editor of \u003ci\u003eA Line in the Tar Sands: Struggles for Environmental Justice\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and \u003ci\u003eCritical Perspectives on Food Sovereignty\u003c\/i\u003e (2014).\u003cbr\u003eTony Weis is an associate professor in geography at the University of Western Ontario. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ecological Hoofprint: The Global Burden of Industrial Livestock\u003c\/i\u003e (Zed 2013), as well as co-editor of \u003ci\u003eA Line in the Tar Sands: Struggles for Environmental Justice\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and \u003ci\u003eCritical Perspectives on Food Sovereignty\u003c\/i\u003e (2014).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.51 x 5.74 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42165719072903,"sku":"9781842777954","price":62.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/1310ae740ad6456a3b5c297ca05fb45f.webp?v=1733315607","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-global-food-economy-the-battle-for-the-future-of-farming-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}