From Columbus to Conagra: The Globalization of Agriculture and Food

by William H. Friedland

Book Overview

The Chinese gooseberry was a minor fruit until New Zealanders, tagging it with a catchier name, began an aggressive global marketing campaign. Soon, transplanted to Italy, France, Spain, Chile, and California, the fuzzy little fruit with the bright green interior was known the world round and the kiwi production war was on.

Globalization of food is not a new phenomenon. Columbus and his contemporaries helped open worldwide trade routes for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700606610
• ISBN13: 9780700606610
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"