Join me for Raj Patel's presentation
of his new book: Stuffed and Starved
You've probably had the pleasure of meeting Raj at one our events. Now
join me for the Bay Area launch of his terrific new book on food politics and pick up a copy for yourself. I'll be at Stacey's on Tuesday at 12.30, but do go see him at his other Bay Area engagements: he's a riveting speaker.
What:
Stuffed and Starved
“One of the most dazzling books I have read in a very long time. The product of a brilliant mind and a gift to a world hungering for justice.”—Naomi Klein, author of No Logo and The Shock Doctrine
Half the world is malnourished, the other half obese—both symptoms of the corporate food monopoly. To show how a few powerful distributors control the health of the entire world, Raj Patel conducts a global investigation, traveling from the “green deserts” of Brazil and protester-packed streets of South Korea to bankrupt Ugandan coffee farms and barren fields of India. What he uncovers is shocking—the real reasons for famine in Asia and Africa, an epidemic of farmer suicides, and the false choices and conveniences in supermarkets. Yet he also finds hope—in international resistance movements working to create a more democratic, sustainable, and joyful food system.
From seed to store to plate, Stuffed and Starved explains the steps to regain control of the global food economy, stop the exploitation of farmers and consumers, and rebalance global sustenance.
Raj Patel, former policy analyst for Food First, a leading food think tank, is a visiting scholar at the UC Berkeley Center for African Studies. He has written for the Los Angeles Times and the Guardian, and though he has worked for the World Bank, WTO, and the UN, he's also been tear-gassed on four continents protesting them.
Stuffed and Starved Facebook group
Availability in other countries:
After having been published in the UK by Portobello Books , in Australia and New Zealand by Black Inc Books, in India by HarperCollins India, in Canada by HarperCollins it's finally arriving in the U.S.
There are also versions in Dutch, published by World Publishers (Uitgeverij De Wereld), in Italian, published by Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore, in Korean published by Younglim Cardinal, and in Spanish by Los Libros del Lince.
When and Where:
- Monday May 12, Oakland, CA, 7pm, Great Good Place for Books
- Tuesday May 13, San Francisco, 12:30 pm Stacey’s Books
- Friday May 16, Berkeley, CA, 7 pm, Cody’s Books
- Wednesday May 21, 7pm, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco University, a panel discussion sponsored by Global Commons Foundation
See you there!
Marco Flavio
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