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Hungry for Profit: The Agribusiness Threat to Farmers, Food, and the Environment.

Paperback • 2000 • English

Hungry for Profit: The Agribusiness Threat to Farmers, Food, and the Environment.

By Fred Magdoff

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Millions go hungry every year in both poor and rich nations, yet hundreds of thousands of peasants and farmers continue to be pushed off the land. Applied in increasing volumes, chemical pesticides and synthetic fertilizers deplete the soil, pollute our food and water, and leave crops more vulnerable to pest outbreaks. The new and expanding use of genetically engineered seeds threatens species diversity. This penetrating set of essays explains why corporate agribusiness is a rising threat to...Show more

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ISBN

9781583670163

Publisher

MONTHLY REVIEW PRESS

Published year

2000

Language

English

Original title

Hungry for Profit: The Agribusiness Threat to Farmers, Food, and the Environment.

Format

Paperback

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