How the World Eats: A Global Food Philosophy

How the World Eats

By Julian Baggini. An exploration of how we grow, make, buy and eat our food around the world—and a proposal for a global philosophy of food. Delves into the best and worst food practices in a huge array of different societies, past and present. Examines cutting-edge technologies, such as new farming methods, cultured meat, genetically modified and astronaut food, to the ethics and health of ultra processed food and aquaculture, as well as the effectiveness of our food governance, the difficulties of food wastage and the effects of commodification. Calls for a pluralistic, humane, resourceful and equitable global food philosophy that will guide us towards a food system fit for the twenty-first century and beyond. Read more.