Dirt Rich, Dirt Poor: America's Food and Farm Crisis

by Joseph N. Belden, Vincent P. Wilber, Enid Kassner, Rus Sykes, Ed Cooney

Overview

This book, first published in 1986, is a major reference work for the political discussions arising out of the 1985 Congress revisions of US food and farm laws. It covers production, distribution and consumption of food, analyses international as well as domestic problems, and presents new ways forward. Emphasising public policy and programmes, the book has chapters on agricultural production; environmental and resource problems; food marketing; domestic hunger and nutrition; and world hunger and development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367357863
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/01/2021
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Agriculture , #9
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Joseph N. Belden, Vincent P. Wilber, Enid Kassner, Rus Sykes, Ed Cooney, Lynn Parker, Alan Sanders, Cynthia Schneider, Marsha Simon

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: the Continuing Crisis 2. Land and Food: Who Controls Production and Marketing? 3. Fire in the Earth: Technology, Resources and the Environment 4. Glut of Hunger: An Analysis of Federal Food Assistance Programmes 5. World Hunger, World Markets 6. Conclusions: Toward the Year 2000

Editorial Reviews

The ``Alternative Policies'' series is intended to offer a concrete set of programs for dealing with the coun try's most pressing domestic crises. One critical sector of the economy, namely food and agriculture, is beset with numerous problems: farm sur plus, hunger and malnutrition, de creasing farm income and rising debts, foreclosures, absentee land lords, corporate takeover of farms, and environmental problems, among others. Belden and other experts ex amine the Omnibus farm and food legislation of 1985 in the light of these problems. Our federal policy is found wanting in many respects. A timely work, recommended for academic and large public libraries. M. Bala chandran, Univ. of Illinois Lib., Ur bana-Champaign Joining a number of books published recently, such as Arthur T. Hadley's Straw Giant ( LJ 7/86), this is an indictment of the U.S. defense establishment. Halloran, defense correspondent for the New York Times , has a clear grasp of his topic. He moves from the impact of Vietnam, a crisis of public confidence in the military, to training, leadership, procurement, planning, and strategy. The story is far from inspiring. Halloran estimates that deficiencies in defense contracting, weapons, and strategy cost about $100 billion a year, which could either be saved or provide that much more effective military power. ``Star Wars'' fares no better in Halloran's insightful analysis. His recipe for reform is sensible and serious. A valuable contribution to the assessment of military policy in the United States. Richard B. Finnegan, Political Science Dept., Stonehill Coll., North Easton, Mass.

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