Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Figures and Tables

Chapter 1: Unpacking the World Food Economy

Chapter 2: The Rise of a Global Industrial Food Market

Chapter 3: Expanding Food Trade

Chapter 4: Growing Corporate Control

Chapter 5: The Financialization of Food

Chapter 6: Justice and Sustainability in the World Food Economy?

Notes

Selected Readings

Index

About the Author

Jennifer Clapp is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability in the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability at the University of Waterloo

Reviews

“Jennifer Clapp has done it again. Bravo! A true classic, Food is breathtaking in its scope and insight. In bringing this brilliant work up to the moment, Clapp demystifies the global food economy so we can all realize our power to transform it.”
Frances Moore Lappé, author of Diet for a Small Planet and co-author of World Hunger: 10 Myths “The global food economy may seem remote from daily experience, but Jennifer Clapp explains how it affects every aspect of what we eat and, therefore, our health and welfare. Best of all, she provides the information and tools advocates can use to redesign the global food economy to promote fair trade, food justice, and food sovereignty.”
Marion Nestle, Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, and author of Soda Politics

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