Vandana Shiva Stolen Harvest (Paperback) Culture of the Land

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Stolen HarvestCondition: NewSubtitle: The Highjacking of the Global Food SupplyEAN: 9780813166551ISBN: 9780813166551Publisher: The University Press of KentuckyFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 12/30/2015Description: For the farmer, the seed is not merely the source of future plants and food; it is a vehicle through which culture and history can be preserved and spread to future generations. For centuries, farmers have evolved crops and produced an incredible diversity of plants that provide life-sustaining nutrition. In India alone, the ingenuity of farmers has produced over 200,000 varieties of rice, many of which now line store shelves around the world. This productive tradition, however, is under attack as globalized, corporate regimes increasingly exploit intellectual property laws to annex these sustaining seeds and remove them from the public sphere.In Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply, Shiva explores the devastating effects of commercial agriculture and genetic engineering on the food we eat, the farmers who grow it, and the soil that sustains it. This prescient critique and call to action covers some of the most pressing topics of this ongoing dialogue, from the destruction of local food cultures and the privatization of plant life, to unsustainable industrial fish farming and safety concerns about corporately engineered foods. The preeminent agricultural activist and scientist of a generation, Shiva implores the farmers and consumers of the world to make a united stand against the genetically modified crops and untenable farming practices that endanger the seeds and plants that give us life.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmAuthor: Vandana ShivaGenre: Science Nature & MathBook Series: Culture of the LandTopic: Technology & EngineeringRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Publication Name: Stolen Harvest

Title: Stolen Harvest

Subtitle: The Highjacking of the Global Food Supply

EAN: 9780813166551

ISBN: 9780813166551

Release Date: 12/30/2015

Release Year: 2015

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Item Height: 216mm

Series: Culture of the Land

Book Title: Stolen Harvest : the Highjacking of the Global Food Supply

Number of Pages: 152 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Publication Year: 2016

Topic: Environmental Conservation & Protection, Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture, Industries / Agribusiness, General, Industries / Food Industry, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy)

Genre: Nature, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Business & Economics

Item Weight: 7.2 Oz

Item Length: 8.5 in

Author: Vandana Shiva

Book Series: Culture of the Land Ser.

Item Width: 5.5 in

Format: Trade Paperback