Hungry for profit : the agribusiness threat to farmers, food, and the environment / edited by Fred Magdoff, John Bellamy Foster, and Frederick H. Buttel.

Other author Magdoff, Fred, 1942-
Other author Foster, John Bellamy.
Other author Buttel, Frederick H.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Monthly Review Press, ©2000.
Description248 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Agricultural industries.
Agriculture--Economic aspects.
Sustainable agriculture.

Contents An overview / Fred Magdoff, John Bellamy Foster and Frederick H. Buttel -- The agrarian origins of capitalism / Ellen Meiksins Wood -- Liebig, Marx, and the depletion of soil fertility : relevance for today's agriculture / John Bellamy Foster and Fred Magdoff -- Concentration of ownership and control in agriculture / William D. Heffernan -- Ecological impacts of industrial agriculture and the possibilities for truly sustainable farming / Miguel A. Altieri -- The maturing of capitalist agriculture : farmer as proletarian / R.C. Lewontin -- New agricultural biotechnologies : the struggle for democratic choice / Gerard Middendorf ... [et al.] -- Global food politics / Philip McMichael -- The great global enclosure of our times : peasants and the agrarian question at the end of the twentieth century / Farshad Araghi -- Organizing U.S. farm workers : a continuous struggle / Linda C. Majka and Theo J. Majka -- Rebuilding local food systems from the grassroots up / Elizabeth Henderson -- Want amid plenty : from hunger to inequality / Janet Poppendieck -- Cuba : a successful case study of sustainable agriculture / Peter M. Rosset -- The importance of land reform in the reconstruction of China / Wiliam Hinton.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 00056000
ISBN1583670165 (alk. paper)
ISBN1583670157 (pbk.)

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