{"product_id":"hungry-for-profit-fred-magdoff-9781583670163","title":"Hungry for Profit: The Agribusiness Threat to Farmers, Food, and the Environment.","description":"\u003cp\u003eMillions go hungry every year in both poor and rich nations, yet hundreds of thousands of peasants and farmers continue to be pushed off the land. Applied in increasing volumes, chemical pesticides and synthetic fertilizers deplete the soil, pollute our food and water, and leave crops\u003ci\u003e more\u003c\/i\u003e vulnerable to pest outbreaks. The new and expanding use of genetically engineered seeds threatens species diversity.\u003cbr\u003e This penetrating set of essays explains why corporate agribusiness is a rising threat to farmers, the environment, and consumers. Ranging in subject from the politics of hunger to the new agricultural biotechnologies, and in time and place from early modern Europe to contemporary Cuba, the contributions to \u003cb\u003eHungry for Profit\u003c\/b\u003e examine the changes underway in world agriculture today and point the way toward organic, sustainable solutions to problems of food supply.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fred Magdoff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1583670165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781583670163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Monthly Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.91h x 5.98w x 0.74d","brand":"Fred Magdoff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939783803135,"sku":"9781583670163","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_eed64317-a699-47fb-a157-d2e95bdaa57b.jpg?v=1681443460","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hungry-for-profit-fred-magdoff-9781583670163","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}