The Atlas of FOOD Who Eats What, Where and Why

by Erik Millstone, Tim Lang, Marion Nestle (Foreword by)

What we eat, where we eat, and how we 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 investigation—contamination of food and water, overnutrition, micronutrient deficiency, processing, farming, and trade—it 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.

Myriad Editions

Genres: Food, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[GONZA · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reference book that provides a ton of answers to questions we may not have asked ourselves yet.

Libro da consultazione, che fornisce una marea di risposte a domande che forse ancora non ci siamo posti.

[Heidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent (and accidental library find) that covered SO much geography content for both my boys. It was really interesting to learn about various different topics surrounding worldwide food, and the visual maps and graphs added much to the learning process. My only complaint is the book is probably slightly outdated (published 2013) so a newer edition would be greatly helpful.

[Tnb · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very useful. Puts food production and consumption in perspective

[Kyja Wilburn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ugly, but interesting.

[Rokhyiah Rahman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple yet informative. About 100 pages with pictures, statistical data, and cover important eye-opening topics. Definitely a worth read.

This simple piece gave me the big picture of the whole food supply chain as well as the global food trade. It is ironic that we actually produce more than enough food to cover each person on the planet but death from hunger and under-nutrition still occur at a very worrying rate, because of the inequal distribution and inaccessibility of food. It is even more heart-wrenching to know that there are country(s) with food surplass that give away that to other less fortunate nation as 'aid', but actually do that with certain less than noble motives, most of the times political. It is clear to me now that the retailers and the processors are those with power and have control in the supply chain, most of the revenue goes to them whilst the farmer/producer only get small portion of the money. Huh! its really difficult to get rich in this capitalist world! only the rich gets richer.

[Anthony Faber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not much content and the authors assert their beilefs a bit too strongly for my taste (although I often agree with them), but there are pretty pictures and graphs. I was frustrated that there wasn't more info.

[Leah Vaughn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this!
Each page covers a different issue fairly well and i LOVE the illustrations and pictures.