Nourished Planet : Sustainability in the Global Food System / by Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition ; edited by Danielle Nierenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition, Author.

Contributor:

Nierenberg, Danielle, editor.

Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition, associated with work.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Management.

Food science.

Biodiversity.

Agriculture.

Food Science.

Local Subjects:

Management.

Food Science.

Biodiversity.

Agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XX, 250 p. 44 illus.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2018.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2018.

Summary:

Mangos from India, pasta from Italy, coffee from Colombia: Every day, we are nourished by a global food system that relies on our planet remaining verdant and productive. But current practices are undermining both human and environmental health, resulting in the paradoxes of obesity paired with malnutrition, crops used for animal feed and biofuels while people go hungry, and more than thirty percent of food being wasted when it could feed the 795 million malnourished worldwide. In Nourished Planet, the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition offers a global plan for feeding ourselves sustainably. Drawing on the diverse experiences of renowned international experts, the book offers a truly planetary perspective. Essays and interviews showcase Hans Herren, Vandana Shiva, Alexander Mueller, and Pavan Suhkdev, among many others. Together, these experts plot a map towards food for all, food for sustainable growth, food for health, and food for culture. With theseingredients, we can nourish our planet and ourselves.

Contents:

Foreword: Valuing the True Cost of Food

Preface by Guido Barilla

Preface by Danielle Nierenberg

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Food for All

A Recipe for Sustainable Food Systems

Ingredients for Sustainability

Soil Degradation around the Globe

Food for All

Barriers to Food Access and Affordability

Precarious Prices for Food

Conclusion and Action Plan

Voices from the New Food

Chapter 2. Food for Sustainable Growth

The Food Pyramid Reimagined

How Our Diets Affect the Environment

Our Environmental Foodprints

The Water Economy: How Much Do We Have?

Managing Our Supply: The “Virtual Water” Trade and Water Privatization

Soil Loss and Degradation

Food Loss and Food Waste

Agricultural Systems: Sustainability Is More Important Than Ever

Revolutionizing the Practices of the Past

Farming for the Future

Voices from the New Food Movement

Chapter 3. Food for Health

Building the Foundation for Health

A Lifetime of Health, and Preventing the Paradox

Corporate Influence on Dietary Choices

The Food Business Can Do Better

Chapter 4. Food for Culture

Going Forward by Going Back

Selected Endangered Foods Worldwide and Efforts to Save Them

Controlling Food: Food and Power Roles

The Great Culinary Tradition of the Mediterranean Diet and the Reality of Food Today

Notes

Index.

Notes:

"[This book] is based on and has content from Eating Planet Food and Sustainability: Building Our Future, written by the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition (Edizioni Ambiente, 2016)"--Page [iv].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-239) and index.

ISBN:

9781610918954

1610918959

OCLC:

1042561966