The Resource The secret financial life of food : from commodities markets to supermarkets, Kara Newman
The secret financial life of food : from commodities markets to supermarkets, Kara Newman
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- Summary
- One morning while reading Barron's, Kara Newman took note of a casual bit of advice offered by famed commodities trader Jim Rogers. "Buy breakfast," he told investors, referring to the increasing value of pork belly and frozen orange juice futures. The statement inspired Newman to take a closer look at agricultural commodities, from the iconic pork belly to the obscure peppercorn and nutmeg. The results of her investigation, recorded in this fascinating history, show how contracts listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange can read like a menu and how market behavior can dictate global economic and culinary practice. The Secret Financial Life of Food reveals the economic pathways that connect food to consumer, unlocking the mysteries behind culinary trends, grocery pricing, and restaurant dining. Newman travels back to the markets of ancient Rome and medieval Europe, where vendors first distinguished between "spot sales" and "sales for delivery." She retraces the storied spice routes of Asia and recounts the spice craze that prompted Christopher Columbus's journey to North America, linking these developments to modern-day India's bustling peppercorn market. Newman centers her history on the transformation of corn into a ubiquitous commodity and uses oats, wheat, and rye to recast America's westward expansion and the Industrial Revolution. She discusses the effects of such mega-corporations as Starbucks and McDonalds on futures markets and considers burgeoning markets, particularly "super soybeans," which could scramble the landscape of food finance. The ingredients of American power and culture, and the making of the modern world, can be found in the history of food commodities exchange, and Newman connects this unconventional story to the how and why of what we eat
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 194 pages
- Contents
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- How does commodities trading work?
- The spice route
- The commodity that built a nation: corn futures
- Great grains
- Butter and egg men
- The mochaccino market: coffee, sugar, and cocoa
- Cattle call
- This little piggy made a market: the rise and fall of pork bellies
- When money grows on trees: produce futures
- Super soybeans
- The future of food futures? Contracts to consider
- Isbn
- 9780231156707
- Label
- The secret financial life of food : from commodities markets to supermarkets
- Title
- The secret financial life of food
- Title remainder
- from commodities markets to supermarkets
- Statement of responsibility
- Kara Newman
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- One morning while reading Barron's, Kara Newman took note of a casual bit of advice offered by famed commodities trader Jim Rogers. "Buy breakfast," he told investors, referring to the increasing value of pork belly and frozen orange juice futures. The statement inspired Newman to take a closer look at agricultural commodities, from the iconic pork belly to the obscure peppercorn and nutmeg. The results of her investigation, recorded in this fascinating history, show how contracts listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange can read like a menu and how market behavior can dictate global economic and culinary practice. The Secret Financial Life of Food reveals the economic pathways that connect food to consumer, unlocking the mysteries behind culinary trends, grocery pricing, and restaurant dining. Newman travels back to the markets of ancient Rome and medieval Europe, where vendors first distinguished between "spot sales" and "sales for delivery." She retraces the storied spice routes of Asia and recounts the spice craze that prompted Christopher Columbus's journey to North America, linking these developments to modern-day India's bustling peppercorn market. Newman centers her history on the transformation of corn into a ubiquitous commodity and uses oats, wheat, and rye to recast America's westward expansion and the Industrial Revolution. She discusses the effects of such mega-corporations as Starbucks and McDonalds on futures markets and considers burgeoning markets, particularly "super soybeans," which could scramble the landscape of food finance. The ingredients of American power and culture, and the making of the modern world, can be found in the history of food commodities exchange, and Newman connects this unconventional story to the how and why of what we eat
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Newman, Kara
- Dewey number
- 332.64/41
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HG6046
- LC item number
- .N49 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Arts and traditions of the table: perspectives on culinary history
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Commodity exchanges
- Agriculture
- Food
- Label
- The secret financial life of food : from commodities markets to supermarkets, Kara Newman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-182) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- How does commodities trading work? -- The spice route -- The commodity that built a nation: corn futures -- Great grains -- Butter and egg men -- The mochaccino market: coffee, sugar, and cocoa -- Cattle call -- This little piggy made a market: the rise and fall of pork bellies -- When money grows on trees: produce futures -- Super soybeans -- The future of food futures? Contracts to consider
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- x, 194 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231156707
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2012010138
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- ocn787506810
- (OCoLC)787506810
- Label
- The secret financial life of food : from commodities markets to supermarkets, Kara Newman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-182) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- How does commodities trading work? -- The spice route -- The commodity that built a nation: corn futures -- Great grains -- Butter and egg men -- The mochaccino market: coffee, sugar, and cocoa -- Cattle call -- This little piggy made a market: the rise and fall of pork bellies -- When money grows on trees: produce futures -- Super soybeans -- The future of food futures? Contracts to consider
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- x, 194 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231156707
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2012010138
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- ocn787506810
- (OCoLC)787506810
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