Authors: Erik Millstone, Tim Lang, Marion Nestle
ISBN-13: 9780520254091, ISBN-10: 0520254090
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: October 2008
Edition: Revised
Erik Millstone is Professor of Science Policy at the University of Sussex, United Kingdom. Tim Lang is Professor of Food Policy at City University, London, Chair of Sustain, and is a consultant to the World Health Organization.
What we eat, where we eat, and how we eat: these questions are explored in this remarkable book, first published in 2002. Now in its second edition, The Atlas of Food provides an up-to-date and visually appealing way of understanding the important issues relating to global food and agriculture.
In mapping out broad areas of investigationcontamination of food and water, overnutrition, micronutrient deficiency, processing, farming, and tradeit offers a concise overview of today's food and farming concerns. Buttressed by engaging prose and vivid graphics, Erik Millstone and Tim Lang convincingly argue that human progress depends on resolving global inequality and creating a more sustainable food production system.
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Foreword Marion Nestle Nestle, Marion 7
Pt. 1 Contemporary Challenges 14
1 Current Concerns 16
2 Feeding the World 18
3 Unequal Distribution 20
4 Environmental Challenges 22
5 Water Pressure 24
6 Nutritional Deficiencies 26
7 Over-Nutrition 28
8 Contamination 30
Pt. 2 Farming 32
9 Mechanization 34
10 Industrial Livestock Production 36
11 Animal Feed 38
12 Animal Diseases 40
13 Agricultural R&D 42
14 Genetically Modified Crops 44
15 Pesticides 46
16 Fertilizers 48
17 Working the Land 50
18 Land Ownership 52
19 Urban Farming 54
20 Fishing and Aquaculture 56
21 Agricultural Biodiversity 58
22 Organic Farming 60
23 Greenhouse Gases 62
Pt. 3 Trade 64
24 Trade Flows 66
25 Live Animal Transport 68
26 Subsidized Trade 70
27 Trade Disputes 72
28 Trade Dependency 74
29 Fair Trade 76
Pt. 4 Processing, Retailing and Consumption 78
30 Staple Foods 80
31 Changing Diets 82
32 Processing Giants 84
33 Retail Power 86
34 Organic Food 88
35 Food Additives 90
36 Eating Out 92
37 Fast Food 94
38 Alcohol 96
39 Advertising and Marketing 98
40 Citizens Bite Back 100
Pt. 5 Data Tables 102
Agriculture 104
Consumption 112
Sources 120
Index 126