Carolan, Michael S.

The real cost of cheap food / Michael Carolan. - London : Earthscan, 2011. - xvi, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Cheap food, globalization and development -- Cheap food and conflict -- Cheap food, hunger and obesity -- Cheap meat -- Cheap food and the environment -- Cheap food ... but at what price? -- Cheap food, community and culture -- Cheap food: who wins? -- Making food affordable.

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Food supply--Social aspects.
Public health.
Agriculture--Costs.
Agriculture--Environmental aspects.