"The World That Food Made" with Raj Patel
November 14, 2018 | Raj Patel, an award-winning writer, activist and academic, connects our modern food system with history and sexism and calls for integrated change to create a more sustainable food system.
Link: https://youtu.be/u9lYVO9HVRo
Raj Patel
Raj Patel is the author of Stuffed and Starved: Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World's Food System. He is currently working on a documentary and book about the future of the food system
August 2018
Trump tweets about white farmers while indigenous peoples face annihilation
As the alt-right obsesses over white South African farmers, indigenous activists are murdered in ever greater numbers
Published:27 Aug 2018232
Trump tweets about white farmers while indigenous peoples face annihilation
May 2018
The long read How the chicken nugget became the true symbol of our era
The long read: This is what happens when you turn the natural world into a profit-making machine
Published:8 May 2018How the chicken nugget became the true symbol of our era
June 2013
Poverty matters blog G8 vision for tackling hunger wilfully ignores the politics of malnutrition
Raj Patel: Poor nutrition is a symptom of poverty and always has been; in portraying it as a technical issue, the G8 is fooling no one
Published:12 Jun 201315G8 vision for tackling hunger wilfully ignores the politics of malnutrition
July 2012
US politicians must regulate finance to tackle the drought and food-price crisis
Raj Patel: US leaders worked hard to tackle the 1930s drought and food crisis. Today they are supine, offering the hungry only prayers
Published:24 Jul 2012124
US politicians must regulate finance to tackle the drought and food-price crisis
May 2011
At Glencore's pinnacle of capitalism, even hunger is a commodity
Raj Patel: Now Glencore is going public, the destructive power it can wield to force up food prices could be even greater
Published:5 May 2011166
At Glencore's pinnacle of capitalism, even hunger is a commodity
January 2011
Poverty matters blog That witch, inflation, hurts us more without protection
Raj Patel: Soaring food prices will make many go hungry, but austerity-driven policies will make the suffering even worse
Published:18 Jan 201190
That witch, inflation, hurts us more without protection
September 2010
Cif green Mozambique's food riots – the true face of global warming
Raj Patel: Maputo's 'food riots' are just the latest manifestation of the crippling shortcomings of the global economy
Published:5 Sep 2010247
Mozambique's food riots – the true face of global warming
April 2010
Cif belief We don't need a messiah (and anyway, it isn't me)
Raj Patel: Coincidence led to my being hailed as a prince of peace. But change will come from our own hard work, not a deity
Published:11 Apr 201091
We don't need a messiah (and anyway, it isn't me)
July 2008
Muted woe at WTO
Raj Patel: After the collapse of the Doha round, disappointment is turning to recrimination. But what did poor countries have to gain anyway?
Published:30 Jul 200816
Muted woe at WTO
June 2008
Is meat off the menu?
Yes says Raj Patel: growing food for animals is a waste of resources in an overcrowded world. No says Joanna Blythman: with much of the world unsuitable for crops, meat is essential
Published:22 Jun 2008Is meat off the menu?
May 2008
Fat chance
Raj Patel: Modern capitalism's powerful spell means we cannot accept research into world food policy without turning it into an attack on the overweight
Published:19 May 20086
Fat chance
April 2008
The angry hungry
Published:28 Apr 200814The angry hungry
A man-made famine
Published:15 Apr 2008 52A man-made famine
August 2007
Morals make people fat
Raj Patel: Obesity should not be tackled by pharmaceutical means but by looking at the social basis of diet.
Published:17 Aug 200796
Morals make people fat
Raj Patel
Raj Patel is the author of Stuffed and Starved: Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World's Food System. He is currently working on a documentary and book about the future of the food system
August 2018
Trump tweets about white farmers while indigenous peoples face annihilation
As the alt-right obsesses over white South African farmers, indigenous activists are murdered in ever greater numbers
Published:27 Aug 2018232
Trump tweets about white farmers while indigenous peoples face annihilation
May 2018
The long read How the chicken nugget became the true symbol of our era
The long read: This is what happens when you turn the natural world into a profit-making machine
Published:8 May 2018How the chicken nugget became the true symbol of our era
June 2013
Poverty matters blog G8 vision for tackling hunger wilfully ignores the politics of malnutrition
Raj Patel: Poor nutrition is a symptom of poverty and always has been; in portraying it as a technical issue, the G8 is fooling no one
Published:12 Jun 201315G8 vision for tackling hunger wilfully ignores the politics of malnutrition
July 2012
US politicians must regulate finance to tackle the drought and food-price crisis
Raj Patel: US leaders worked hard to tackle the 1930s drought and food crisis. Today they are supine, offering the hungry only prayers
Published:24 Jul 2012124
US politicians must regulate finance to tackle the drought and food-price crisis
May 2011
At Glencore's pinnacle of capitalism, even hunger is a commodity
Raj Patel: Now Glencore is going public, the destructive power it can wield to force up food prices could be even greater
Published:5 May 2011166
At Glencore's pinnacle of capitalism, even hunger is a commodity
January 2011
Poverty matters blog That witch, inflation, hurts us more without protection
Raj Patel: Soaring food prices will make many go hungry, but austerity-driven policies will make the suffering even worse
Published:18 Jan 201190
That witch, inflation, hurts us more without protection
September 2010
Cif green Mozambique's food riots – the true face of global warming
Raj Patel: Maputo's 'food riots' are just the latest manifestation of the crippling shortcomings of the global economy
Published:5 Sep 2010247
Mozambique's food riots – the true face of global warming
April 2010
Cif belief We don't need a messiah (and anyway, it isn't me)
Raj Patel: Coincidence led to my being hailed as a prince of peace. But change will come from our own hard work, not a deity
Published:11 Apr 201091
We don't need a messiah (and anyway, it isn't me)
July 2008
Muted woe at WTO
Raj Patel: After the collapse of the Doha round, disappointment is turning to recrimination. But what did poor countries have to gain anyway?
Published:30 Jul 200816
Muted woe at WTO
June 2008
Is meat off the menu?
Yes says Raj Patel: growing food for animals is a waste of resources in an overcrowded world. No says Joanna Blythman: with much of the world unsuitable for crops, meat is essential
Published:22 Jun 2008Is meat off the menu?
May 2008
Fat chance
Raj Patel: Modern capitalism's powerful spell means we cannot accept research into world food policy without turning it into an attack on the overweight
Published:19 May 20086
Fat chance
April 2008
The angry hungry
Published:28 Apr 200814The angry hungry
A man-made famine
Published:15 Apr 2008 52A man-made famine
August 2007
Morals make people fat
Raj Patel: Obesity should not be tackled by pharmaceutical means but by looking at the social basis of diet.
Published:17 Aug 200796
Morals make people fat
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