1. The End of Food (Unabridged)
Here is the frightening truth about the modern food system.The best-selling author of
The End of Oil turns his attention to food and finds that the system we've entrusted
with meeting one of our most basic needs is dramatically failing us. With his
trademark comprehensive global approach, Paul Roberts investigates the startling
truth about the modern food system: the way we make food, market and consume it,
and even think about it, is no longer compatible or safe for the billions of consumers
the system was built to serve. The emergence of large-scale and efficient food
production changed forever our relationship with food and ultimately left a vulnerable
and paradoxical system in place.Over 1.1 billion people worldwide are
"over-nourished", according to the World Health Organization, and are at risk of
obesity-related illness, while roughly as many people are starving.Meanwhile, the
natural systems all food is dependent upon have been irreparably damaged by
chemicals and destructive farming techniques; the pressures of low-cost food
production court contamination and disease; and big food consumers, such as China
and India, are already planning for tightened global food supplies, making it clear that
the era of superabundance is behind us.Vivid descriptions, lucid explanations, and
fresh thinking make The End of Food uniquely able to offer a new, accessible way to
understand the vulnerable miracle of the modern food economy. Roberts presents
clear, stark visions of the future and helps us prepare to make the decisions -
personal and global - we must make to survive the demise of food production as we
know it.
Category: Nonfiction > World Affairs
Author: Paul Roberts
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Narrator: William Dufris
Audio length: 15 hours and 4 min.
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