Perseus Academic: Enough by Roger Thurow

"Thurow and Kilman are journalists who have covered famines in Africa, agricultural policy in the corridors of Washington and Brussels, and food commodities markets in Chicago. Yet their book is more than just a rough first draft of history. While grounded in colourful, entertaining reportage, Enough also displays a depth of thought and research more commonly found in academic studies. Well-chosen anecdotes bring the issues to life. Nothing could illustrate the shortcomings of US food aid policy, in which Washington sells American farmers' output in Africa rather than sending money to buy local food, better than a dialogue between an Ethiopian farmer and a US executive at a food aid meeting in Addis Ababa. The farmer asks the executive enthusiastically: ‘Can you help our farmers sell their beans in America?' He receives an unexpected answer: ‘Actually, we represent American bean growers.'" — Financial Times

"Every person connected to the food industry should read it."
—AG Week

“In the twenty-first century, the world has no excuse for tolerating the existence of a billion people going without food. Enough is a passionate and clearly-reasoned call for action to finally end forever the age-old scourge of hunger for any human being.” —MUHAMMAD YUNUS, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and author of Creating a World Without Poverty

“For a general wrap-up of how we got into this mess and what we need to do about it, you can’t do better than Enough by Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman. . . . [A] very readable book.” —New Scientist

“How, in a world of plenty, can people be left to starve? We think, ‘It’s just the way of the world.’ But if it is the way of the world, we must overthrow the way of the world. Enough is enough.” —Bono

“Devastating yet hopeful. . . . There are heartbreaking stories of how failed policies and misguided approaches led to scenarios where African children died of starvation while surplus food rotted in warehouses only miles away.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune

“A page turner. Unless you simply don’t give a damn, this is a must read, and it is a must read now.” —Dan Silverstein, The Huffington Post