The real cost of cheap food / Michaël Carolan (2011)

Public ISBD Titre : The real cost of cheap food Type de document : Ouvrage Auteurs : Michaël Carolan Editeur : Londres : Earthscan publication Année de publication : 2011 Format : 30 ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-84971-321-4 Prix : 24,41 Langues : Français (fre) Catégories : [Motbis 2025] alimentation [Motbis 2025] consommation : économie [Motbis 2025] coût de production [Motbis 2025] production agricole Index. décimale : Note de contenu : The author makes a compelling case for why today's global food system produces just the opposite of what it promises. The food produced under this regime is in fact exceedingly expensive. Thus meat production and consumption are inefficient uses of resources and contribute to climate change; the use of pesticides in industrial-scale agriculture may produce cheap food, but there are hidden costs to environmental protection, human health and biodiversity conservation. Many of these costs will be paid for by future generations – cheap food today may mean expensive food tomorrow. By systematically assessing these costs the book delves into issues related, but not limited, to international development, national security, health care, industrial meat production, organic farming, corporate responsibility, government subsidies, food aid and global commodity markets. The book concludes by suggesting ways forward, going beyond the usual solutions such as farmers markets, community supported agriculture, and community gardens. Exploding the myth of cheap food requires we have at our disposal a host of practices and policies. Some of those proposed and explored include microloans, subsidies for consumers, vertical agriculture, and the democratization of subsidies for producers. The real cost of cheap food [Ouvrage] / Michaël Carolan . - Londres : Earthscan publication, 2011 . -  ; 30. ISBN : 978-1-84971-321-4 : 24,41 Langues : Français (fre) Catégories : [Motbis 2025] alimentation [Motbis 2025] consommation : économie [Motbis 2025] coût de production [Motbis 2025] production agricole Index. décimale : Note de contenu : The author makes a compelling case for why today's global food system produces just the opposite of what it promises. The food produced under this regime is in fact exceedingly expensive. Thus meat production and consumption are inefficient uses of resources and contribute to climate change; the use of pesticides in industrial-scale agriculture may produce cheap food, but there are hidden costs to environmental protection, human health and biodiversity conservation. Many of these costs will be paid for by future generations – cheap food today may mean expensive food tomorrow. By systematically assessing these costs the book delves into issues related, but not limited, to international development, national security, health care, industrial meat production, organic farming, corporate responsibility, government subsidies, food aid and global commodity markets. The book concludes by suggesting ways forward, going beyond the usual solutions such as farmers markets, community supported agriculture, and community gardens. Exploding the myth of cheap food requires we have at our disposal a host of practices and policies. Some of those proposed and explored include microloans, subsidies for consumers, vertical agriculture, and the democratization of subsidies for producers.

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