Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal
Suitable for those who seek to remedy the global food crisis, this title offers an investigation of this environmental and social problem. It shows that farmers, manufacturers, supermarkets and consumers in North America and Europe discard between 30 and 50 per cent of their fres... read full description below.
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| Interest Age |
Young Adults |
| Reading Age |
Young Adults |
| Library of Congress |
Food industry and trade - Environmental aspects, Food supply - Social aspects, Food supply - Economic aspects, Food conservation, Food industry and trade - Waste minimization |
| NBS Text |
Environment & Ecology: General Interest |
| ONIX Text |
College/higher education;Professional and scholarly |
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| Number of Pages |
480 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 129mm
Height: 198mm
Spine: 26mm |
| Weight |
524g |
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| Dewey Code |
338.19 |
| Catalogue Code |
65961 |
Description of this Book
The world has a 'food problem' - rapidly rising prices, shortages, 100 million people starving, environmental depredation - or it thinks it does. This book shows that farmers, manufacturers, supermarkets and consumers in North America and Europe discard between 30 and 50 per cent of their fresh produce - enough to feed the starving in the world six times over. Additionally, while affluent nations throw away food through neglect, up to 40 per cent of some crops in the developing world are wasted because farmers lack the basic infrastructure to process and store them before they rot. Waste is both a personal journey over the world's food waste mountain and an objective investigation of this environmental and social problem. During his travels from Yorkshire to western China, Pakistan to Japan, Tristram Stuart encounters grotesque examples of profligacy, but also inspiring and innovative solutions. Terrible though it may seem, the global food waste problem is also a great opportunity - tackling it is easy. Unlike giving up air travel for the sake of the planet, avoiding food waste can be achieved without much sacrifice. Waste is essential reading for anyone who seeks to remedy the current global food crisis and how we live now.
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Awards & Reviews
| Awards |
Shortlisted for John Llewelyn Rhys Memorial Prize 2009.
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| NZ Review |
Passionate, closely argued and guaranteed to make the most manic consumer peer guiltily into the recesses of their fridge.--John Preston |
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Author's Bio
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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