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This text provides a critical analysis of many of the distortions in current agri-food systems. It shows that food which is superficially cheap to produce is really costing the Earth. 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 f

Author

Michael S. Carolan

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781136529771

Subjects

Agriculture, Medical, Economics

Rating

4.09 / 5 (22 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14