Stuffed & Starved

1?? ?Why is there still global hunger?2?? ?Is there an obesity epidemic?3?? ?Who invented supermarkets?4?? ?Who profits from the world's crops?Stuffed and Starved is a searing and incisive examination of the modern global food system | which gives rise to the very incongruity that the book's name suggests. By tracing the entire route of food production | author Raj Patel asks readers to think about the way food comes to the table | to understand the larger implications of supermarket shopping | and to recognize how we ourselves are poisoned by our choices. From the epidemic of farmer suicides in rural India | South Korea | and the United States | to the negotiation of trade alliances through bodies like the WTO and the World Bank | Patel tells a story of greed | power | and corporatization of our food system. Written over three years | with travel ranging from India to South Africa | Mexico | Brazil | South Korea and Italy | Patel describes his journey as painful | but one that ends in hope.