Tag: food

Raj Patel: a History of the World in Seven Cheap Things
James Butler is joined by author, activist and academic Raj Patel to discuss 'A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things', and explore the relation between climate, capitalism, colonialism – and the future of the planet.
Indonesia’s forest fires show we need to talk about palm oil
Forest fires are still blazing in Indonesia while the mainstream media looks away. Caused by land clearances undertaken to farm palm oil, the disaster forces us to think about our increasing reliance on the crop.