The first book to examine the burgeoning trend of buying up huge swaths of farmland abroad in all its complexity, considering the implications for investors, host countries, and the world as a whole.

A critical look at the social, environmental, and economic impacts of agricultural biotechnology in Canada.

A searing look at the socioeconomic, technological, and political forces that have transformed our food into edible commodities.

This book explores the many challenges that faced the early production and sale of beer in Japan, including its evolution from a uniquely Western beverage into a thoroughly domestic Japanese commodity by the post-Second World War era.