The New Peasants' Revolt. Katharine Ainger.
by Ainger, Katharine; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 43Health. Publisher: New Internationalist, 2003ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Agricultural industries | Agricultural subsidies | Agriculture -- Mexico | Competition -- International | Corn | Dumping (International trade) | Farm produce | Farmers -- Economic conditions | Food -- Labeling | Food industry and trade | Food prices | Food supply -- Africa | Free trade | Genetically modified foods | Globalization | International trade | Patents | Peasantry | Supermarkets | World Trade OrganizationDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Everything in a supermarket has a story to tell, if only we could find it out. The produce defines seasons, geography, wars, distance, nature....Though we can't hear their stories, what we choose to put in out supermarket baskets writes its own language upon our bodies and our moods, our families, our economies, our landscapes. It can mean life or death in some distant country whose name we can only vaguely discern printed on the packaging. We are, all of us, affected by trends in the global economy, in the most intimate and fundamental way possible--through our food." (NEW INTERNATIONALIST) This article reviews a vast array of issues affecting the food industry.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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| REF SIRS 2004 Health Article 40 Fractured Minds. | REF SIRS 2004 Health Article 41 A Better Way to Eat. | REF SIRS 2004 Health Article 42 Unhappy Meals. | REF SIRS 2004 Health Article 43 The New Peasants' Revolt. | REF SIRS 2004 Health Article 43 The Market and the Monsoon. | REF SIRS 2004 Health Article 44 The Raw Deal. | REF SIRS 2004 Health Article 45 Corn That Clones Itself. |
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
Originally Published: The New Peasants' Revolt, Jan./Feb. 2003; pp. 9-21.
"Everything in a supermarket has a story to tell, if only we could find it out. The produce defines seasons, geography, wars, distance, nature....Though we can't hear their stories, what we choose to put in out supermarket baskets writes its own language upon our bodies and our moods, our families, our economies, our landscapes. It can mean life or death in some distant country whose name we can only vaguely discern printed on the packaging. We are, all of us, affected by trends in the global economy, in the most intimate and fundamental way possible--through our food." (NEW INTERNATIONALIST) This article reviews a vast array of issues affecting the food industry.
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