The Real Cost of Cheap Food

Auteur

Michael Carolan is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Co-Director of the Food Systems Institute at Colorado State University, USA. He is the author of several books including The Sociology of Food and Agriculture (3rd ed., Routledge, 2021), A Decent Meal: Building Empathy in a Divided America (2021), and Society and the Environment: Pragmatic Solutions to Ecological Issues (4th ed., Routledge, 2024).

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This thought-provoking, accessible book examines the dominant food regime on its own terms, by asking whether we can afford cheap food and by exploring what exactly cheap food affords us. The book is essential reading for those interested in critical food studies, food and agriculture and a sustainable and socially just food system.

Contenu

1. Introduction 2. Cheap Food, Globalization, and Development 3. Cheap Food and Conflict 4. Cheap Food, Hunger, Obesity, and Health 5. Cheap Meat 6. Cheap Food and the Environment 7. Cheap Food But at What Price? 8. Cheap Food, Community, and Culture 9. Cheap Food: Who Wins, Who Acts, and Why? 10. Making Food Affordable