"Nearly every day brings news of another merger or acquisition involving the companies that control our food supply. Just how concentrated has this system become? At almost every key stage of the food system, four firms alone control 40% or more of the market, a level above which these companie...

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1. Verfasser:	Howard, Philip H., 1971- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London, UK : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2016]
Schriftenreihe:	Contemporary food studies: economy, culture and politics ; v. 3.
Schlagworte:	Food industry and trade > United States. Food supply > United States. Aliments > Approvisionnement > États-Unis. Sustainable agriculture. Agricultural economics. Food & society. Technology, engineering, agriculture. Geography. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General. Food industry and trade Food supply United States
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Zusammenfassung:	"Nearly every day brings news of another merger or acquisition involving the companies that control our food supply. Just how concentrated has this system become? At almost every key stage of the food system, four firms alone control 40% or more of the market, a level above which these companies have the power to drive up prices for consumers and reduce their rate of innovation. Researchers have identified additional problems resulting from these trends, including negative impacts on the environment, human health, and communities. This book reveals the dominant corporations, from the supermarket to the seed industry, and the extent of their control over markets. It also analyzes the strategies these firms are using to reshape society in order to further increase their power, particularly in terms of their bearing upon the more vulnerable sections of society, such as recent immigrants, ethnic minorities and those of lower socioeconomic status. Yet this study also shows that these trends are not inevitable. Opposed by numerous efforts, from microbreweries to seed saving networks, it explores how such opposition has encouraged the most powerful firms to make small but positive changes."--Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (vii, 207 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliographie:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-193) and index.
ISBN:	9781472581143 1472581148 9781472581136 147258113X 1474264360 9781474264365
ISSN:	2058-1807 ;