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In Defense of Food

Pollan, Michael
Released 2007-11-20

Omnivore's Dilemma:A Natural History of Four Meals

Pollan, Michael
Released 2007-10-20
Pollan examines the ethical, political, and ecological factors that are intertwined in the industrial, organic, and personal (hunted-gathered) food chains, while describing the environmental and health consequences that result from our food choices within these chains.

Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed

Shiva, Vandana and Petrini, Carlo
Released 2007-10-01
How are seeds cultivated and saved?
How far must food travel before reaching our plate?
Who gets paid for the food we eat?
Why does our food taste like this?

We live in a world where of the 80,000 edible plants used for food only about 150 are being cultivated, and just 8 are traded globally. A world where we produce food for 12 billion people when there are only 6.3 billion people living, and, still, 800 million suffer from malnutrition hunger and 1.7 billion suffer from obesity. A world where food is modified to travel long distances rather than to be nutritious and flavorful.

Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed lays out, in practical steps and far reaching concepts, a program to ensure food and agriculture become more socially and ecologically sustainable.