Table of Contents
Author’s Note viii
Prologue xi
CHAPTER 1: Floors, Fields, and Famines 1
CHAPTER 2: Chicago Makes a Market 13
CHAPTER 3: Elephants in the Kiddie Pool 25
CHAPTER 4: A Recipe for Famine 39
CHAPTER 5: The View from Rome 51
CHAPTER 6: Hot Air 65
CHAPTER 7: Promise 79
CHAPTER 8: The Price of a Cup of Coffee 97
CHAPTER 9: A Better Banana 113
CHAPTER 10: Thai Quality 131
CHAPTER 11: Steps Up 147
CHAPTER 12: Harvest of Hope 159
Notes 169
Acknowledgments 189
About the Author 191
Index 193