Hungry city : how food shapes our lives /

'Hungry City' examines the way in which modern food production has damaged the balance of human existence, and reveals that we have yet to resolve a centuries-old dilemma, one which holds the key to a host of current problems - from obesity, the inexorable rise of the supermarkets, to the destructio...

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Main Author:	Steel, Carolyn
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Vintage Books, 2009.
Subjects:	Food supply. Food supply > Social aspects. Food industry and trade. Food industry and trade > Social aspects. Cities and towns. Rural-urban relations. Food habits. Agricultural productivity.
Summary:	'Hungry City' examines the way in which modern food production has damaged the balance of human existence, and reveals that we have yet to resolve a centuries-old dilemma, one which holds the key to a host of current problems - from obesity, the inexorable rise of the supermarkets, to the destruction of the natural world.