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The Real Cost of Cheap Food (Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment) 1st Edition

by Michael Carolan (Author)
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This challenging but accessible book critically examines the dominant food regime on its own terms, by seriously asking whether we can afford cheap food and exploring what exactly cheap food affords us. Detailing the numerous ways that food has become reduced to a state, such as a price per ounce, combination of nutrients, yield per acre, or calories, the book argues for a more contextual understanding of food when debating its affordability.

The author makes a compelling case for why today's global food system produces just the opposite of what it promises. The food produced under this regime is in fact exceedingly expensive. Thus meat production and consumption are inefficient uses of resources and contribute to climate change; the use of pesticides in industrial-scale agriculture may produce cheap food, but there are hidden costs to environmental protection, human health and biodiversity conservation. Many of these costs will be paid for by future generations - cheap food today may mean expensive food tomorrow. By systematically assessing these costs the book delves into issues related, but not limited, to international development, national security, health care, industrial meat production, organic farming, corporate responsibility, government subsidies, food aid and global commodity markets. The book concludes by suggesting ways forward, going beyond the usual solutions such as farmers markets, community supported agriculture, and community gardens. Exploding the myth of cheap food requires we have at our disposal a host of practices and policies. Some of those proposed and explored include microloans, subsidies for consumers, vertical agriculture, and the democratization of subsidies for producers.
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  1. ISBN-10
    1849713219
  2. ISBN-13
    978-1849713214
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    Earthscan Publications Ltd.
  5. Publication date
    September 1, 2011
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    6.1 x 0.9 x 9.1 inches
  8. Print length
    200 pages
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"The title of this book somewhat undersells it by leading one to expect a now familiar critique of a dominant food system externalizing large proportions of its costs. What Michael Carolan presents is a more fundamental challenge to how we define cheap, and how we understand food. [...] By avoiding either/or logic and setting cheap food in broad context, Michael Carolan encourages a more nuanced view, which can only result in more reasoned and hence more successful approaches to improving food systems" ~ Hannah Pitt, Agriculture and Human Values

About the Author

Michael Carolan is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at Colorado State University, USA. He is the author or co-author of over 60 peer-reviewed articles in addition to several books, including 'Decentering Biotechnology', 'Embodied Food Politics', 'Reclaiming Food Security', The Sociology of Food and Agriculture', and 'Society and the Environment: Pragmatic Solutions to Ecological Issues'.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Earthscan Publications Ltd.; 1st edition (September 1, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 200 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1849713219
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1849713214
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.01 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.1 x 0.9 x 9.1 inches
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    4.2 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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Michael Carolan was born, raised, and educated in Iowa (his "home" town is roughly 350 people). After living in the state for approximately 30 years he left, ending up eventually at Colorado State University where he is now Co-Director of the Food Systems Institute for Research, Engagement and Learning, Professor of Sociology, and an Engagement and Extension Food Systems Specialist. To learn more about him and his work please visit his website: www.michaelcarolan.com

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