Waste：Uncovering the global food scandal

图书标准信息

• 作者 Tristram Stuart 著
• 出版社 Penguin Books
• 出版时间 2009-07
• ISBN 9780141036342
• 定价 118.50元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 496页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Withshortages,volatilepricesandnearlyonebillionpeoplehungry,theworldhasafoodproblem-orthinksitdoes.Farmers,manufacturers,supermarketsandconsumersinNorthAmericaandEuropediscarduptohalfoftheirfood-enoughtofeedalltheworld'shungryatleastthreetimesover.ForestsaredestroyedandnearlyonetenthoftheWest'sgreenhousegasemissionsarereleasedgrowingfoodthatwillneverbeeaten.Whileaffluentnationsthrowawayfoodthroughneglect,inthedevelopingworldcropsrotbecausefarmerslackthemeanstoprocess,storeandtransportthemtomarket.Buttherecouldbesurprisinglypainlessremediesforwhathasbecomeoneoftheworld'smostpressingenvironmentalandsocialproblems.TravellingfromYorkshiretoChina,fromPakistantoJapan,andintroducingustoforagingpigs,potatofarmers,freegansandfoodindustrydirectors,Stuartencountersgrotesqueexamplesofprofligacy,butalsoinspiringinnovationsandwaysofmakingthemostofwhatwehave.Combiningfront-lineinvestigationwithstartlingnewdata,"Waste"showshowthewaywelivenowhascreatedaglobalfoodcrisis-andwhatwecandotofixit.

【作者简介】

TristramStuarthasbeenafreelancewriterforIndiannewspapers,aprojectmanagerinKosovoandaprominentcriticofthefoodindustry.Hehasmaderegularcontributionstotelevisiondocumentaries,radioandnewspaperdebatesonthesocialandenvironmentalaspectsoffood.Hisfirstbook,TheBloodlessRevolution,'agenuinelyrevelatorycontributiontothehistoryofhumanideas'(DailyTelegraph),waspublishedin2006.HelivesintheUK.