“Who eats what? Susanne A. Wengle’s important and gripping book recasts a century of Russian history as a series of revolutionary transformations of the country’s food system. Answers to problems of food production and consumption are central pillars of political power and legitimacy for communist and post-communist regimes alike.”—Henry Thomson, Arizona State University<br /><br />“This eminently readable book, based on fascinating research, serves as an urgent reminder that techno-scientific projects in agriculture have deep histories and variegated geographies, and thus are hardly an invention of Silicon Valley start-up culture.”—Julie Guthman, University of California, Santa Cruz<br /><br />“A comprehensive and very refreshing technopolitical history of Russia’s agrifood system. Wengle’s nuanced account of Russia’s remarkable rise from a Soviet-era food importer to a rising global powerhouse has resulted in a timely book—a tour de force that is nonetheless narrated in an extremely concise and lively way.”—Oane Visser, International Institute for Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam<br /><br />“Challenges you to think beyond the confines of your respective specialty and consider big themes in agricultural history and policy. . . . Wengle should be commended for her lucid prose and sharp analysis, as well as the inclusion of several maps created by the author herself.”—<i>H-Net Reviews</i><br /><br />“Offers a novel approach to the transformations of Soviet and post-Soviet agriculture, emphasizing the connections between the state, production, and technology, as well as consumers and nature, the latter two often neglected in political science.”—<i>Foreign Affairs</i>