With spiralling prices and spreading social unrest this is a timely guide to the instability of industrialised food systems. Wayne Roberts traces the history of food production and consumption, and shows that in a system dominated by supermarkets and agri-business real food choices are becoming harder to make.

The book asks all the right questions, and provides some of the answers, in a plain-speaking debate about food. It shows how people and communities can take control from governments and corporations to organize themselves creatively and achieve "food sovereignty" - a balanced, just and sustainable food system.

Diagrams, charts and graphs used throughout to illustrate key information.