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The Atlas of Food: Who Eats What, Where and Why (Paperback)

by Erik Millstone (Author), Tim Lang (Author)
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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Earthscan Ltd (17 Dec 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1853839655
  • ISBN-13: 978-1853839658
  • Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 19 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 299,740 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"- 'A remarkable book that reveals with devastating clarity the bizarre way the world feeds itself' - Derek Cooper, Food Programme, BBC Radio 4

THE FOOD MAGAZINE
This is a rich and stimulating cornucopia of selected, enticing
snippets of information.

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5.0 out of 5 stars If food facts could speak, this book would be a desperate scream, 2 Jun 2006
By Jozef Goossens "jo" (Bierbeek, Belgium) - See all my reviews
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Erik and Tim succeed in neatly presenting the extremely complex environment of the food supply chain as well as the substantial misconceptions that society has about food, its entire production and consumption chain as well as its consequences. For anyone even slightly motivated to reconsider his food choices and dietary behaviour, this book gives a wealth of arguments for tackling things differently. This atlas should be compulsory study in every education. Moreover its concept and design has strong educational potential.
I may fancy maps and atlases more than the average person, but the sheer pleasure of discovering so many insights in a such a simple way will surely work for most readers. The visuals used fit this type of information extremely well with and they make the key learnings from this atlas quite obvious for anyone.
As a compact database, the atlas is equally useful for the professional who needs to get a first view on some other aspects of this complex area where he may have less expertise.
If more people would have only a superficial understanding of some of the issues and causal interrelationships that figure in this book, it would already make a significant difference for the way our societies would value and use natural resources . This book is therefore very recommendable and useful reading and will definitely change the way you look at food and your daily consumption patterns.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very Interesting well-presented facts & figures, 4 April 2006
By Lynnie O'connell (Ireland) - See all my reviews
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At first it looked like a boring textbook, but it has a lot of information in easy to read format. I was especially interested in the charts at the back with information such as average birthweights, rates of heart disease, diabetes, amount of potable water per person, average calories consumed for countries. Compared side-by-side some figures really jump out at you. You'll learn which countries eat the most organic produce, which use the most pesticides (Beware the ones that won't report), which grow what where and so much more. I found this book fascinating.
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25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars International map of food, 25 April 2003
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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.
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.
One of the global maps in the book highlights the amounts of pesticides used per unit area across the world. The text goes on to remind the reader that pesticides are aggressively promoted worldwide, in particular in Asia and Latin America. But although they appear to provide a short-term increase in productivity, estimates of their value to agriculture rarely take into account their true costs. This includes damage to the environment and to human health, the development of pesticide-resistant pests, and the expense of testing for residues and disposing of unwanted chemicals.
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