Robert Paarlberg: 4 books
The United States of Excess
Gluttony and the Dark Side of American Exceptionalism
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
Compared to other wealthy countries, America stands out as a gluttonous over-consumer of both food and fuel. The United States boasts an obesity prevalence double the industrial world average, and per capita carbon emissions twice the average for Europe. Still worse, the policy steps taken by America...
Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know
What Everyone Needs to Know®
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2013
The politics of food is changing fast. In rich countries, obesity is now a more serious problem than hunger. Consumers once satisfied with cheap and convenient food now want food that is also safe, nutritious, fresh, and grown by local farmers using fewer chemicals. Heavily subsidized and underregulated...
Food Politics
What Everyone Needs to Know®
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2010
The politics of food is changing fast. In rich countries, obesity is now a more serious problem than hunger. Consumers once satisfied with cheap and convenient food now want food that is also safe, nutritious, fresh, and grown by local farmers using fewer chemicals. Heavily subsidized and underregulated...
by Robert Paarlberg, F. Bailey Norwood, Michelle S. Calvo-Lorenzo
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
In the conversation about the food we eat and where it comes from, this bundle, consisting of Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know and Agricultural and Food Controversies: What Everyone Needs to Know, tackles the questions that arise from conflicting opinions. Reflecting on the latest global food...