The Atlas of Food Who eats what, where and why

Mooi boek over de herkomst en productie van voedsel, de handel, de over- en onderconsumptie, GM, diervervoer, dierziektes, biologisch voedsel, en vele andere aspecten van de voedselindustrie. Verduidelijkt met tabellen, foto's en platen. Food is vital for our health and welfare, and its production critically affects the environment as well as the wealth of nations. Despite a rapid increase in trade, hundreds of millions of people remain hungry, while chronic obesity is increasing worldwide.
Much of the grain that could amply feed the world's population is fed instead to cattle to satisfy the rich world's appetite for meat. New technologies, such as GM crops, promise to increase food production, but are they completely safe? How do markets work, and whose vested interests are at stake? What are the impacts of different forms of farming, processing, transportation, retailing and changing eating habits?

Vividly presented through the creative use of maps and graphics, this atlas provides clear, authoritative and comprehensive accounts of the food chain - from plough to plate - and reveals how it affects the lives and livelihoods of us all, farmers and suburban shoppers alike.

CONTENTS

Introduction

PART 1 CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES

1. Feeding the World
2. Population and Productivity
3. Environmental Challenges
4. Water Pressure
5. Consuming Disease
6. Under-nutrition
7. Over-nutrition
8. Food Aid
9. Food Aid as Power
PART 2 FARMING

10. Mechanization
11. Animal Feed
12. Mad Cow Disease
13. Industrial Farming
14. Agricultural R&D
15. Genetic Modification
16. Genetically Modified Crops
17. Pesticides
18. Working the Land
19. Urban Farming
20. Fishing and Aquaculture
21. Agricultural Biodiversity (pdf, 254KB)
22. Sustainable Farming
PART 3 TRADE

23. Trade Flows
24. Animal Transport Worldwide
25 Animal Transport in Europe
26. Food Miles
27. Subsidies and Tariffs
28. Trade Disputes
29. Developing Trade
30. Fair Trade
PART 4 PROCESSING RETAILING AND CONSUMPTION

31. Staple Foods
32. Changing Diets
33. Processing Giants
34. Retail Power
35. Functional Foods
36. Organic Food
37. Food Additives (pdf, 89KB)
38. Eating Out
39. Fast Food
40. Alcohol Consumption
41. Advertising
42. Citizens Bite Back
PART 5 WORLD TABLES

Agriculture
Consumption Mooi boek over de herkomst en productie van voedsel, de handel, de over- en onderconsumptie, GM, diervervoer, dierziektes, biologisch voedsel, en vele andere aspecten van de voedselindustrie. Verduidelijkt met tabellen, foto's en platen.