By Vaclav Smil. An analysis of how the world produces and consumes its food—and a scientist’s exploration of how we can successfully feed a growing population without killing the planet. Investigates many of the questions facing the world today: Why are some of the world’s biggest food producers also the countries with the most undernourished populations? Why do we waste so much food and how can we solve that? Could the whole planet go vegan and be healthy? Explores the global history of food production to understand why we farm some animals and not others, why most of the world’s calories come from just a few foodstuffs, and how this might change in the future. A data-based, rigorously researched guide that offers solutions to our broken global food system. Read more.