Food or War

For anyone concerned about the health, safety, affordability, diversity, and sustainability of their food - and the peace of our planet.

Julian Cribb (Author)

9781108712903, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 3 October 2019

350 pages, 42 b/w illus. 1 table
21.5 x 13.9 x 2 cm, 0.44 kg

'Food or War targets an issue that touches every human life, every day: food. And that, without it, people fight. It shows that our 'jawprint' is the heaviest of all our impacts on our finite planet - and that, for civilisation to survive, how we produce food must change … Anyone with an interest in either the human future or food should read this clear, authoritative, scary book. So should all first-year college classes.' Paul R. Ehrlich, co-author of Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic

Ours is the Age of Food. Food is a central obsession in all cultures, nations, the media, and society. Our future supply of food is filled with risk, and history tells us that lack of food leads to war. But it also presents us with spectacular opportunities for fresh human creativity and technological prowess. Julian Cribb describes a new food system capable of meeting our global needs on this hot and overcrowded planet. This book is for anyone concerned about the health, safety, affordability, diversity, and sustainability of their food - and the peace of our planet. It is not just timely - its message is of the greatest urgency. Audiences include consumers, 'foodies', policymakers, researchers, cooks, chefs and farmers. Indeed, anyone who cares about their food, where it comes from and what it means for them, their children and grandchildren.

1. Food and conflict
2. War and hunger
3. The strategic importance of food, land and water
4. Is 'agriculture' sustainable?
5. Hotspots for food conflict in the twenty-first century
6. Food as an existential risk
7. Food for peace
8. Urban dreams and nightmares
9. The future of food
10. Conclusion: key recommendations of this book.

Subject Areas: Sustainable agriculture [TVF], Sustainability [RNU], Social impact of environmental issues [RNT], Climate change [RNPG], Environmental management [RNF], Popular science [PDZ], Environmental factors [MBNH2], Environmental economics [KCN], International relations [JPS]