Raj Patel

former Fellow; Institute for Food and Development Policy

Guest

Writer, activist and academic; author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System and The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy; former fellow at the Institute for Food and Development Policy (also known as Food First)

Raj Patel on KCRW

In 2008, a combination of natural events and economic conditions drove food prices so high that food riots erupted in many parts of the world.

Our Unsustainable Table: Another Global Food Crisis?

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from Which Way, L.A.?

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Does the World Face Another Food Crisis?

Two years ago, a combination of natural events and economic conditions drove food prices so high that food riots erupted in many parts of the world.

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