Revised and expanded edition for anyone attempting to make sense of the world food crisis or understand the links between us farm policy and the ability of the worlds poor to feed themselves stuffed and starved is indispensable michael pollan author of the omnivores dilemma its a perverse fact of modern life there are more starving people in the world than ever before while . Stuffed and starved the hidden battle for the world food system july 9 2008 stuffed and starved tells the story of the global food system that has created one billion overweight people and left 850 million going hungry and about the millions of people who are fighting back to create a different food system. Revised and expanded edition for anyone attempting to make sense of the world food crisis or understand the links between us farm policy and the ability of the worlds poor to feed themselves stuffed and starved is indispensable michael pollan author of the omnivores dilemma its a perverse fact of modern life there are more starving people in the world than ever before while there . Stuffed and starved the hidden battle for the world food system raj patel 9781612191270 books amazonca. Stuffed and starved remains a brilliant didactic account of the powerful interests disorganizing our food systems and why when food is an object of profit there are no modern solutions to modern problems such as endemic hunger ill health and environmental degradationraj patels unique sensibility and intelligence in evaluating grassroots alternatives provide a road map to understanding and changing the world through re centering food as a cultural anchor rather than a product