Introduction; 1: A Brief History of Food; 2: On the Brink; 3: The World Food Crisis; 4: Was Malthus Right?; 5: This Time Is Different; 6: Starve Thy Neighbour; 7: Trading in the Wind; 8: Stirring the Alphabet Soup; 9: Land Grabs; 10: How This Story Might End; 11: Better Ways to Feed the World; Acknowledgements; Sources; Index.
Summary
Feeding Frenzy traces the history of the global food system and reveals the underlying causes of recent turmoil in food markets. Supplies are running short, prices keep spiking, and the media is full of talk of a world food crisis. The turmoil has unleashed some dangerous forces. Food-producing countries are banning exports even if this means starving their neighbors. Governments and corporations are scrambling to secure control of food supply chains. Powerful groups from the Middle East and Asia are acquiring farmland in poor countries to grow food for export? what some call land.