Overview
America's broken food system has provoked an outcry from consumer advocates seeking to align food policies with public health objectives. This book examines both sides of the conflict for solutions. * Traces the development of a national food policy proposed by food movement leaders * Reveals the true cost of food and its toll on consumers and taxpayers * Discusses the opposition against a national food policy from the agricultural-industrial complex * Shows the effects of changing the current food system * Analyzes efforts to fix the food system and the efforts to oppose them * Introduces early food advocates who changed the food policy landscape
- | Author: Steve Clapp
- | Publisher: Praeger
- | Publication Date: Nov 30, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 224 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover/Political Science
- | ISBN-10: 1440843708
- | ISBN-13: 9781440843709
