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To find out how we got to this point and what we can do about it, Raj Patel launched a comprehensive investigation into the global food network. It took him from the colossal supermarkets of California to India’s wrecked paddy-fields and Africa’s bankrupt coffee farms, while along the way he ate genetically engineered soy beans and dodged flying objects in the protestor-packed streets of South Korea. What he found was shocking, from the false choices given us by supermarkets to a global epidemic of farmer suicides, and real reasons for famine in Asia and Africa. Yet he also found great cause for hope—in international resistance movements working to create a more democratic, sustainable and joyful food system. Going beyond ethical consumerism, Patel explains the steps, from seed to store to plate, to regain control of the global food economy, stop the exploitation of both farmers and consumers, and rebalance global sustenance.","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9781612191270","publication_date":"20120605","publisher":"Melville House","slug":"stuffed-and-starved","subtitle":"The Hidden Battle for the World Food System - Revised and Updated","title":"Stuffed and Starved"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"BUS070010","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Agribusiness","score":0.8247,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"BUS070120","confidence_band":"high","label":"The Food Business","score":0.8022,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"TEC003070","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Sustainable Agriculture","score":0.7608,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"BUS070010","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Agribusiness","score":0.8247,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"BUS070120","confidence_band":"high","label":"The Food Business","score":0.8022,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"TEC003070","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Sustainable Agriculture","score":0.7608,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"BUS070120","confidence_band":"high","label":"The Food Business","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"POL045000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Colonialism & Its Aftermath","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"SOC055000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Agriculture & Food Systems","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"Agribusiness","score":0.8247,"slug":"agribusiness"},{"label":"The Food Business","score":0.8022,"slug":"the-food-business"},{"label":"Sustainable Agriculture","score":0.7608,"slug":"sustainable-agriculture"}],"reader_fit":["Good for readers who enjoy Agribusiness","Good for readers who enjoy Agribusiness and The Food Business."],"related_lists":[{"intro":"","slug":"shelf-bus070120-food-industry","title":"Food Industry Books","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/lists/shelf-bus070120-food-industry"},{"intro":"","slug":"shelf-bus070010-agribusiness","title":"Agribusiness Books","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/lists/shelf-bus070010-agribusiness"}],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Liz Carlisle"],"book_id":"9781592409563","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781592409563.jpg?v=20260417T232332Z%3A2026-04-17T23%3A23%3A32Z","score":23.2395,"title":"Lentil Underground","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781592409563"},{"authors":["Will Harris","Penguin Audio"],"book_id":"9780593300473","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780593300473.jpg?v=20260417T232332Z%3A2026-04-17T23%3A23%3A32Z","score":20.7455,"title":"A Bold Return to Giving a Damn","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780593300473"},{"authors":["Will Allen","Charles Wilson"],"book_id":"9781592407606","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781592407606.jpg?v=20260417T232332Z%3A2026-04-17T23%3A23%3A32Z","score":18.4166,"title":"The Good Food Revolution","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781592407606"},{"authors":["Benjamin Lorr","Blackstone Publishing"],"book_id":"9780553459418","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780553459418.jpg?v=20260417T232332Z%3A2026-04-17T23%3A23%3A32Z","score":18.0746,"title":"The Secret Life of Groceries","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780553459418"},{"authors":["Chris Smaje"],"book_id":"9781915294739","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781915294739.jpg?v=20260417T232332Z%3A2026-04-17T23%3A23%3A32Z","score":17.149,"title":"Finding Lights in a Dark Age","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781915294739"},{"authors":["Amanda Little"],"book_id":"9780804189033","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780804189033.jpg?v=20260417T232332Z%3A2026-04-17T23%3A23%3A32Z","score":16.382,"title":"The Fate of Food","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780804189033"},{"authors":["Dan Koeppel"],"book_id":"9780452290082","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780452290082.jpg?v=20260417T232332Z%3A2026-04-17T23%3A23%3A32Z","score":16.3706,"title":"Banana","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780452290082"},{"authors":["Paul Newman","A.E. 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