The Grand Food Bargain And the Mindless Drive for More
"Of consuming interest...The 'grand food bargain' in the title is meant ironically: Our abundance of food in the West comes at a high cost to our environment and the Earth—and that's no bargain. Walker begins and ends his impassioned book on the
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Kevin D. Walker
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The Grand Food Bargain
The Grand Food Bargain And the Mindless Drive for More
Kevin D. Walker
Washington | Covelo | London
Copyright © 2019 Kevin D. Walker All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher: Island Press, 2000 M Street, NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC 20036 Island Press is a trademark of The Center for Resource Economics. Library of Congress Control Number: 2018959604 All Island Press books are printed on environmentally responsible materials. Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Keywords: acute illness, antibiotic resistance, CAFOs, chronic diseases, consumerism, empty calories, environmental resilience, farm bill, finite resources, food assistance, foodborne outbreaks, food safety, food waste, free markets, global markets, global warming, GMOs, individual choices, industrial food production, international trade, laws of nature, malnutrition, market society, monoculture, monopoly power, natural selection, obesity, fertilizer and pesticide runoff, pseudoscience, political influence, processed foods, regulatory capture, resource depletion, SNAP, social norms, societal benefits, stewardship, supermarkets, sustainability, taxpayer subsidies, vulnerable populations/ communities, unexpected consequences
To those from the past, present, and future who remind us that food is about more than what we decide to eat.
We must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be. — George Bernard Shaw
The mind of this country, taught to aim at low objects, eats upon itself. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Contents
xiii
Acronyms Part I: Taking Stock Chapter 1.
The Third Relationship
Chapter 2.
My Food, My Way
3 19
Part II: Forces Driving More Chapter 3.
More Is Never Enough
41
Chapter 4.
An Infinite Supply of Finite Resources
61
Chapter 5.
Expecting More, Committing Less
83
Chapter 6. Science à la Carte
101
Chapter 7.
123
Becoming a Market Society
Part III: Unexpected Consequences Chapter 8.
The World’s Safest Food
145
Chapter 9.
The Perfect Formula
167
Chapter 10.
Controlling Nature
187
Part IV: Decisions You’ll Make Chapter 11. Live and Learn
211
Chapter 12.
To Lead or Be Led?
231
Acknowledgments
247
Notes
251
Index
317
Acronyms
CDC EPA ERS FDA FSIS GAO IICA MSU NAL NASS NIFA NOAA OECD OIG OMB PLoS USDA WHO
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention United States Environmental Protection Agency Economic Research Service Food and Drug Administration USDA Food Safety Inspection Service Government Accountability Office Internati
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