Corporate Agriculture

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! Agriculture and the Generation Problem Agrarian Changes and Peasant Studies Fernwood Publishing	Despite predictions that they are destined to disappear, smallholder or family farms still number more than 500 million worldwide, and account for more than 90 percent of all the world’s …	Ben White	160	2020	View
Good Crop / Bad Crop Seed Politics and the Future of Food in Canada Between The Lines	In recent years Canadians have become more and more concerned about the origins of their food and the environmental impacts of pesticides in agriculture. What is less well known is that pesticide …	Devlin Kuyek	160	2007	View
NEW! Harvesting Freedom The Life of a Migrant Worker in Canada Between The Lines	In this singular firsthand account, a former migrant worker reveals a disturbing system of exploitation at the heart of Canada’s farm labour system. When Gabriel Allahdua applied to the …	Edward Dunsworth; Gabriel Allahdua	224	2023	View
Hungry For Change Farmers, Food Justice and The Agrarian Question Fernwood Publishing	Hunger and obesity sit side by side in the world today because a food system dominated by money, markets and profits allows those with money to obtain above and beyond their needs while those …	A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi	200	2013	View
NEW! Shifting the Balance How Top Organizations Beat the Competition by Combining Intuition with Data ECW Press	Digital transformation expert Mark Schrutt reveals how the world’s top companies are using vast amounts of data to inform their decisions, disrupt industries, and get closer to their …	Mark Schrutt	253	2021	View
The Political Economy of Agrarian Extractivism Lessons from Bolivia Fernwood Publishing	Around the world, plantation economies are on the rise. Increasing concerns over food, energy and financial security, combined with a geopolitical restructuring of the global agro-food system, …	Ben M. McKay	172	2020	View
From Foreword From: The Political Economy of Agrarian Extractivism View Fernwood Publishing	Foreword by Cristóbal Kay, The Hague, 2019.	Ben M. McKay	3	2020	$0.30 Add
From NEW! Preface From: Harvesting Freedom View Between The Lines	Included in the preface is the poem I Am Many Things as well as the details of Gabriel Allahdua’s early life in St.Lucia. The preface also discusses the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program …	Edward Dunsworth	13	2023	$1.30 Add
From The Agrument From: Hungry For Change View Fernwood Publishing		A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi	3	2013	$0.36 Add
From NEW! The Generational Dimension in Agrarian Change From: Agriculture and the Generation Problem View Fernwood Publishing	Topics covered in this chapter include: Frameworks and guiding concepts for understanding the generational dimension in agrarian change, and whether there is a crisis of social reproduction …	Ben White	25	2020	$2.50 Add
From Transformation Part I: Roots From: Good Crop / Bad Crop View Between The Lines	Chapter 1 discusses agriculture and its relationship to the evolutionary process of seeds, the Green Revolution, the rise of transnational seed corporations, and more.	Devlin Kuyek	11	2007	$1.10 Add
From “Food, Glorious Food!” Dimensions of the Global Subsistence Crisis From: Hungry For Change View Fernwood Publishing		A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi	4	2013	$0.48 Add
From NEW! Generationing Agrarian Transformation From: Agriculture and the Generation Problem View Fernwood Publishing	Topics covered in this chapter include: Colonial agrarian transformations, Socialist agrarian transformations, China and the Soviet Union, Corporate Farming, the Green Revolution, and an …	Ben White	38	2020	$3.80 Add
From Industrialization Part I: Roots From: Good Crop / Bad Crop View Between The Lines	Chapter 2 explores new models of agribusiness and industrial farming, genetically engineered plants, Canada’s ‘‘farm family’’ image, the National …	Devlin Kuyek	7	2007	$0.70 Add
From Introduction Agrarian Change and the Politics of Control From: The Political Economy of Agrarian Extractivism View Fernwood Publishing	The Politics of Control: An Analytical Framework Agrarian Dynamics in Bolivia: A Brief Overview Organization of the Argument	Ben M. McKay	18	2020	$1.80 Add
From NEW! Part 1 A Child of History From: Harvesting Freedom View Between The Lines	Part 1 discusses Gabriel Allahdua life in Mabouya Valley, St. Lucia, including his family life, education, his interest in agriculture, early career as a teacher, and time in Guyana. Part 1 also …	Edward Dunsworth; Gabriel Allahdua	55	2023	$5.50 Add