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How does the industrialization of food objectify humanity and dissociate us from nature? In Food Fight, a global panel of researchers and activists lay bare the devastating histories and current realities of weaponized food. They engage with the role of colonialism in the destruction of Indigenous foodways, the representation of ""Coca-Cola Colonialism"" in Indian literature and film, the intersection of law and the deforestation of the Amazon for cattle farming in Brazil, connections between food and theology in the Himalayas, and readings of the Bible from a Moana perspective. Each contribution offers a unique point of view on the various ways that food interacts with politics, theology, history, and religion, illuminating how what we eat is always more than just calories.

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Eye-opening, soul-searing, and inspirational, [Food Fight] is a call to wake-up and create a world in which food no longer renders death and devastation, but rather food is what God intends it to be: nourishment sustaining life, health, and cultural integrity. De La Torre's luminous book is much needed for all who seek healing and liberation in the face of systemic evil. - Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, author of Resisting Structural Evil, Building a Moral Economy and Graduate Theological Union professor of Christian ethics This thoughtful, timely, and actionable book shows readers what is at stake in food legacies, food practices, and industrial food production as shaped by colonialism and weaponization of food from past to present. Food Fight is a book in pursuit of better food futures. - Christiana Zenner, Fordham University associate professor of theology and ethics Very valuable contribution to the rising field of the ethical, religious, and political dimensions of food. The essays are both sophisticated and accessible, a rare combination, and thus the book would be great in the classroom and for the general public. Highly recommended. - Roger S. Gottlieb, author of Morality and the Environmental Crisis and Worcester Polytechnic Institute professor of philosophy

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Miguel A. De La Torre is a scholar-activist tenured as professor of social ethics and Latino/a studies at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado. He has published over thirty-five books, five of which won national awards. He served as the president of the Society of Christian Ethics in 2012, and he wrote the screenplay for the documentary Trails of Hope and Terror. He has edited the volumes Gonna Trouble the Water and Shifting Climates, Shifting People, both from The Pilgrim Press.

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