Powerful international agricultural and chemical firms are changing food production worldwide. Everywhere, genetic manipulation of seeds is being pushed, as is industrial farming using pesticides and chemical fertilizers. This is accompanied by a media campaign that uses what appears to be a winning argument: “Organic food is a luxury for the rich! But to feed 9 billion people we need massive production increases using industrial farming.”
Löwenstein, the feisty leader of Germany’s organic farmers, exposes this argument. “This argument is false. We’ll either feed ourselves organically or not at all. Industrial agriculture doesn’t fight hunger, it causes it. Corporations bear much of the responsibility for the destruction of nature and the livelihoods of millions of farmers worldwide. And they make sure that what’s being put on our plates keeps getting worse!”
by Felix Löwenstein
256 pages, 3-629-02300-2
September 2011
