The Atlas of FOOD Who Eats What, Where and Why

It is not enough to know about food. In Slow Food you must understand both the where and the how of food production. There is too much long distance transport of food. Many do not realize where food is grown or comes from. This is a big help.

Yes this book was needed for my collage English class and it has helped a lot.**** it's also a reasonable price for this book.

Good buy great resource I just bought it for a class I had to do research very interesting book. Seller was accurate on everything Attt on everything excellent

Really interesting, beautiful images

Not for age I expected

Even though most world leaders are focused on our global energy crisis now, two British scholars are prophetically giving us this newly revised "Atlas of Food." It's a terrific resource for teachers, preachers, small-group leaders, students and pretty much anyone who wants to understand an even more important global crisis: feeding humanity.It's no surprise that the words "our daily bread" represent one of the world's most common prayers. The creators of this information-packed atlas argue that -- sooner or later -- we're all going to discover that the real struggle for global dominance involves food and water.In the introduction, Erik Millstone and Tim Lang tell us that global power already is moving into the hands of food traders, retailers and land-owners who control the production and distribution of the stuff that our neighbors truly must have to survive: food. The authors write: "The irony is that enough food is produced on this planet to feed everyone adequately -- IF it were to be shared uniformly. But, some over-eat while others are malnourished."This book is not specifically religious and the reviews I write for Amazon are recommendations of important books and films specifically related to spirituality. So let me clarify, in this case: While the atlas is not specifically religious, it deals with profoundly spiritual issues.In this book, you'll discover a host of new insights into the imbalance of food around the world. Pick up a copy for yourself or for small-group study. If you tackle it with a group, this volume will raise enough questions to keep your group buzzing along for weeks.

Erik and Tim succeed in neatly presenting the extremely complex environment of the food supply chain as well as the substantial misconceptions that society has about food, its entire production and consumption chain as well as its consequences. For anyone even slightly motivated to reconsider his food choices and dietary behaviour, this book gives a wealth of arguments for tackling things differently. This atlas should be compulsory study in every education. Moreover its concept and design has strong educational potential.I may fancy maps and atlases more than the average person, but the sheer pleasure of discovering so many insights in a such a simple way will surely work for most readers. The visuals used fit this type of information extremely well with and they make the key learnings from this atlas quite obvious for anyone.As a compact database, the atlas is equally useful for the professional who needs to get a first view on some other aspects of this complex area where he may have less expertise.If more people would have only a superficial understanding of some of the issues and causal interrelationships that figure in this book, it would already make a significant difference for the way our societies would value and use natural resources . This book is therefore very recommendable and useful reading and will definitely change the way you look at food and your daily consumption patterns.

This book came when promised and in excellent condition. I need this for a culinary class and am glad to have found it for a great price.

Book was delivered on time as always. Front cover is slightly different to the one in the image but content is all the same. Can't argue for a penny too, cheers!

Interesting and thought provoking. Great format with clear charts

Excellent book

A very interesting read offering an insight into what could happen, if global population continues to grow as it appears to be doing at the moment.