Carolan, Michael S.,

The real cost of cheap food / Michael Carolan. - Second edition. - xv, 233 pages ; 25 cm. - Routledge studies in food, society and the environment .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Cheap food, globalization and development -- Cheap food and conflict -- Cheap food, hunger and obesity -- Cheap meat -- Cheap food and the environment -- Cheap food--but at what price? -- Cheap food, community and culture -- Cheap food: who wins? -- Making food affordable.

9781138080744 (hardback) 9781138080768 (pbk.)

2017035532


Food supply--Social aspects.
Public health.
Agriculture--Costs.
Agriculture--Environmental aspects.

HD9000.5 / .C258 2018

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