"Bet the Farm" starts with an unnerving statistic: in 2008, 鈥渇armers produced more grain than ever, enough to feed twice as many people as were on Earth. In the same year鈥 a billion people went hungry.鈥 Frederick Kaufman delves into the problems with our food system and uncovers the financial underpinnings that motivate this dysfunctional system.

Bet the Farm, by Frederick Kaufman
Turner Publishing
272 pp.