Dear Sonja and others,
Angus Wright's message frames the issue well & mentions many good
sources, including his own fine book.
There's a new book that does a great job explaining the history and
damaging local & global consequences of the "temperate
grain-livestock complex", CAFOs, etc:
Tony Weiss 2007 The Global Food Economy: The Battle for the Future of
Farming ($17.50) ISBN 1-84277-795-5 Zed Books.
I use it as a text in my course on International Political Economy of
Food & Hunger. I'd be happy to share my syllabus with anybody who's
interested.
I also have an overview book chapter on the linkages between
environment, agriculture, food sovereignty and social justice that
many people have found useful in teaching:
Kathleen McAfee 2006 "Sustainability & Social Justice in the Global
Food System", in Agroecology & the Struggle for Food Sovereignty in
the Americas. International Institute for Environment & Development.
You can order the book or download it as a .pdf from IIED or I can
send you the chapter.
Kathy
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Kathleen McAfee
Department of International Relations
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94321
Spring 2008 office hours: most Mondays 4:00-6:00 in HSS 381
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