Magdoff, Fred, Bellamy, John, Foster, and Buttel, Frederick H., eds. Hungry for Profit: The Agribusiness Threat to Farmers, Food, and the Environment. New York: Monthly Review Press, 2000.
Reviewed by Erin Royster
From biotechnology to farm workers movements to the origins of capitalism, Hungry for Profit covers a variety of topics relevant to today’s food and agriculture crisis. What makes this collection of thirteen essays different from other such collections is that each issue is examined within a radical, socialist critique of capitalism.
“The capitalist …

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