A FOODIE’S GUIDE TO CAPITALISM: UNDERSTANDING THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF WHAT WE EAT

Book ID/图书代码： 14932718C00005

English Summary/英文概要： Capitalism drives our global food system. Everyone who wants to end hunger, who wants to eat good, clean, healthy food, needs to understand capitalism. This book will help do that.

In his latest book, Eric Holt-Gimenez takes on the social, environmental, and economic crises of the capitalist mode of food production. Drawing from classical and modern analyses, A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism introduces the reader to the history of our food systemand to the basics of capitalism. In straightforward prose, Holt-Gimenez explains the political economics of why--even as local, organic, and gourmet food have spread around the world--billions go hungry in the midst of abundance; why obesity is a global epidemic; and why land-grabbing, global warming, and environmental pollution are increasing.

Holt-Gimenez offers emblematic accounts--and critiques--of past and present-day struggles to change the food system, from "voting with your fork," to land occupations. We learn about the potential and the pitfalls of organic and community-supported agriculture, certified fair trade, microfinance, land trusts, agrarian reform, cooperatives, and food aid. We also learn about the convergence of growing social movements using the food system to challenge capitalism. How did racism, classism, and patriarchy become structural components of our food system? Why is a rational agriculture incompatible with the global food regime? Can transforming our food system transform capitalism? These are questions that can only be addressed by first understanding how capitalism works.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 资本主义驱动着我们的全球粮食系统。每个想要结束饥饿的人，想要吃好的，干净，健康的食物，都需要了解资本主义。这本书将帮助你做到这一点。

埃里克•霍尔特-吉梅内斯在他的新书中，对资本主义模式下的社会、环境和经济危机进行了分析。从经典和现代的分析中，美食家的资本主义指南向读者介绍了我们的食物系统的历史和资本主义的基础。在直白的散文中，霍尔特-吉梅内斯解释了政治经济学的原因——尽管当地、有机食品和美食已经遍布世界各地——数十亿人在挨饿；为什么肥胖是一种全球性流行病；以及为什么土地掠夺、全球变暖以及环境污染正在加剧。

霍尔特•吉梅内斯提供了过去和现在所面临的改变食物系统的标志性的描述和评论，从“用你的叉子投票”到土地职业。我们了解了有机和社区支持的农业、认证的公平贸易、小额信贷、土地信托、农业改革、合作社和粮食援助的潜在和陷阱。我们还了解到，利用粮食系统来挑战资本主义的日益增长的社会运动的融合。种族主义、古典主义和父权制是如何成为我们食物体系的结构组成部分的?为什么一个理性的农业与全球粮食制度不相容呢?能改变我们的食品体系转变资本主义吗?这些问题只能通过首先理解资本主义的运作方式来解决。（WYL）

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