Feeding Frenzy traces the history of the global food system & reveals the underlying causes of recent turmoil in food markets. Supplies are running short prices keep spiking & 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 neighbours. Governments & corporations are scrambling to secure control over food supply chains. Powerful groups from the Middle East & Asia are acquiring farmland in poor countries to grow food for export
- what some call land grabs. This raises some big questions. Can we feed a population that will grow to nine billion by 2050? Are we running out of land & water? Can we rely on free markets to provide? This book reveals trends that could lead to more hunger & conflict. But Paul Mc Mahon also outlines actions that can be taken to shape a sustainable & just food system.