The Grand Food Bargain

Index  2 

unions,  6 
United States Agency for
International Development
(USAID), 88 – 89
United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA). See
also Food Safety Inspection
Service (FSIS)
anti-competitive behavior and,
– 8
conflicting programs of, 92 – 9 
establishment of, 90
food pyramid guidelines and,
 68 –  69
research and development and,
 0
seed shipping by,  2 – 28

value-added products,  6 
Vavilov, Nikolai,  24 –  25
vegetable oil,  8
Venezuela, 5 – 56
viewpoints, opposing, 
vitamins,  08 –  09 ,  69 –  0
volcanic eruptions, 5 
Volkswagen Group, 224 – 225

W. K. Kellogg Foundation,  4
wages, 222
Walmart,  8 , 22 
Washington, George, 69 , 89 – 90 ,  2 

waste, 68 - 69 ,  8 , 206 , 2  5 , 224

animal, 9 , , 2  8 ,

water cycle, 

water supplies

accessibility of,  2 –  4

Colorado River basin and,  5 –  6

community social norms and,

8 – 8 

history of controlling,  4 – 

water utilities,  4

watermaster position in Peru, 86

The Wealth of Nations (Smith),

 5 –  6 ,  2

weeds, 52 , 6 ,  4 ,  29 ,  88 ,  95 ,

 9 - 98 , 205 , 2  4 , 226 , 2 

whale oil, 

wheat. See also grains

bread and,  2 – 

breeding of,  05

Dust Bowl and,  9 

futures markets and,  40

peak-rate and, 226

wildfires, 98

windmills,  4

Winterstein, Scott,  4 –  5

World Trade Organization (WTO),

 62

World War II, 9 ,  09 ,  2 – 26 ,

 95 –  96

yogurt, – 2 ,  6