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9780142002247

The Penguin Atlas of Food Who Eats What, Where, and Why

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  • ISBN13:

    9780142002247

  • ISBN10:

    0142002240

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-03-25
  • Publisher: Penguin Books
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Summary

From the excessive use of grain to satisfy meat-eating demands to the safety of new food technologies, The Penguin Atlas of Foodutilizes ninety-six pages of maps and graphics to show how the food chain is affected by historical events, political economy, natural disasters, and changing lifestyles.

Author Biography

Dr. Erik Millstone is a senior lecturer in science policy at the University of Sussex.

Tim Lang is chair of Sustain and a consultant to the World Health Organization.

Table of Contents

Contributors 6(7)
Introduction 7(5)
PART 1 CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES
Feeding the World
12(2)
Population and Productivity
14(2)
Environmental Challenges
16(2)
Water Pressure
18(2)
Consuming Disease
20(2)
Under-nutrition
22(2)
Over-nutrition
24(2)
Food Aid
26(2)
Food Aid as Power
28(4)
PART 2 FARMING
Mechanization
32(2)
Animal Feed
34(2)
Mad Cow Disease
36(2)
Industrial Farming
38(2)
Agricultural R&D
40(2)
Genetic Modification
42(2)
Genetically Modified Crops
44(2)
Pesticides
46(2)
Working the Land
48(2)
Urban Farming
50(2)
Fishing and Aquaculture
52(2)
Agricultural Biodiversity
54(2)
Sustainable Farming
56(4)
PART 3 TRADE
Trade Flows
60(2)
Animal Transport Worldwide
62(2)
Animal Transport in Europe
64(2)
Food Miles
66(2)
Subsidies and Tariffs
68(2)
Trade Disputes
70(2)
Developing Trade
72(2)
Fair Trade
74(4)
PART 4 PROCESSING RETAILING AND CONSUMPTION
Staple Foods
78(2)
Changing Diets
80(2)
Processing Giants
82(2)
Retail Power
84(2)
Functional Foods
86(2)
Organic Food
88(2)
Food Additives
90(2)
Eating Out
92(2)
Fast Food
94(2)
Alcohol Consumption
96(2)
Advertising
98(2)
Citizens Bite Back
100(20)
PART 5 WORLD TABLES
Agriculture
104(8)
Consumption
112(8)
References 120(5)
Photo credits 125(1)
Index 126

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