Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply - Hardcover

Shiva, Vandana

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0896086089 ISBN 13: 9780896086081

Publisher: South End Press, 2000

Synopsis

A devastating expose of what the globalized agricultural industry is doing to our land and our food.

About this title

About the Author:

A world-renowned environmental leader and recipient of the 1993 Alternative Nobel Peace Prize (the Right Livelihood Award), Shiva has authored several bestselling books, most recently Earth Democracy. Activist and scientist, Shiva leads, with Ralph Nader and Jeremy Rifkin, the International Forum on Globalization. Before becoming an activist, Shiva was one of India's leading physicists.

Review:

"Stolen Harvest is an unremitting indictment of genetic engineering, on moral, cultural, and economic grounds, especially as it applies to the third world."―New York Review of Books

"Shiva has devoted her life to fighting for the rights of ordinary people in India. Her fierce intellect and her disarmingly friendly, accessible manner have made her a valuable advocate for people all over the developing world."―Ms. Magazine

"A leading thinker who has eloquently blended her views on the environment, agriculture, spirituality, and women's rights into a powerful philosophy."―Utne Reader

"The South's best known environmentalist."―New Internationalist

About this edition

• Publisher: South End Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0896086089
• ISBN 13: 9780896086081
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 150