Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System, by Raj Patel.

4) Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System, by Raj Patel. Here the basic themes of A History of the World in 6 Drinks are put in the perspective of the emergence of corporate driven, global system of food production and consumption. In the chapters we read (Intro, 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 9) Patel describes the struggles of farmers the world over, the influence of companies like Monsanto, the exponential growth of soy farming and production in Brazil, and the way in which we here in wealthier countries are told we have endless choices when it comes to food when in actuality our choices are quite limited. Please answer the following: a) Explain how our choices about food are connected to a wider, global system of food production and consumption, one that includes rural workers from India to Brazil, and the global corporations that seem to have so much control over what is available for us to eat. b) On page 294, Patel quotes a South African organizer who has argued that the solution to our food problems is not cheaper and cheaper food, but the eradication of poverty. Read the quote, re-tell in your own words the argument it makes, and describe your reaction. Does it make sense? Why? PLACE THIS ORDER OR A SIMILAR ORDER WITH US TODAY AND GET AN AMAZING DISCOUNT :)