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Description for Consumed
Hardcover. By 2050, the world population is expected to reach nine billion. And the challenge of feeding this rapidly growing population is being made greater by climate change, which will increasingly wreak havoc on the way we produce our food. This title tells the stories of the people who are working against time to create a fresh and hopeful future. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; TVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 638.
By 2050, the world population is expected to reach nine billion. And the challenge of feeding this rapidly growing population is being made greater by climate change, which will increasingly wreak havoc on the way we produce our food. At the same time, we have lost touch with the soil - few of us know where our food comes from, let alone how to grow it - and we are at the mercy of multinational corporations who control the crops and give little thought to the damage their methods are inflicting on the planet. Our very future is at risk. ... Read more
By 2050, the world population is expected to reach nine billion. And the challenge of feeding this rapidly growing population is being made greater by climate change, which will increasingly wreak havoc on the way we produce our food. At the same time, we have lost touch with the soil - few of us know where our food comes from, let alone how to grow it - and we are at the mercy of multinational corporations who control the crops and give little thought to the damage their methods are inflicting on the planet. Our very future is at risk. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226093628
SKU
V9780226093628
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Sarah Elton
Sarah Elton is the author of Locavore: From Farmers' Fields To Rooftop Gardens-How Canadians Are Changing the Way We Eat. She has written for publications such as the New York Times, Atlantic, Maclean's, and Globe and Mail and is the food columnist for CBC Radio's Here & Now.
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