Summary
With shortages, volatile prices and nearly one billion people hungry, the world has a food problem - or thinks it does. Farmers, manufacturers, supermarkets and consumers in North America and Europe discard up to half of their food - enough to feed all the world’s hungry at least three times over. Forests are destroyed and nearly one tenth of the West’s greenhouse gas emissions are released growing food that will never be eaten. While affluent nations throw away food through neglect, in the d…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141036342 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141036346 |
| Author: | Tristram Stuart |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2009 |
| Weight: | 330g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 21mm |
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The world faces incredibly difficult challenges-we simply can’t afford the kind of crazy waste Tristram Stuart uncovers and describes in this beautifully reported work. It’s nauseating in places, but ultimately hopeful: if we got serious about preventing this waste, we might just find the margin we need to deal with our biggest problems. – Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy
About The Author
Tristram Stuart
Tristram Stuart has been a freelance writer for Indian newspapers, a project manager in Kosovo and a prominent critic of the food industry. He has made regular contributions to television documentaries, radio and newspaper debates on the social and environmental aspects of food. His first book, The Bloodless Revolution, ‘a genuinely revelatory contribution to the history of human ideas’ (Daily Telegraph), was published in 2006. He lives in the UK.
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