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Something's Rotten in Compost City - A Primer on the Politics of Food    by Spring Gillard
Price: $9.99 USD. 119500 words. Published on October 11, 2011. .

Why in a world of plenty are people still going hungry? This is the central question posed by the author in Something’s Rotten in Compost City, A Primer on the Politics of Food. The book takes a lighter look at food politics, drawing on the author's personal and often comical adventures, as well as inspiring stories and models from around the world.
Ill fares the land: essays on food, hunger and power    by Transnational Institute
Price: Free! 84480 words. Published on July 2, 2012. .

"The pieces collected here...examine questions of power. Some fit into the ‘food systems and hunger’ category , others are more concerned with how we think about food systems and hunger. Control over the world food system implies control over technology and ideology, scholarship and culture as well. Such areas are not peripheral to the horrors of hunger."