THE FUTURE OF FOOD

The introduction begins with a strong quotation from members of the World Economic Forum, warning of the challenge of providing enough nutritious food to a burgeoning world population without destroying the planet. After defining food security and positing that world food production must double by 2050 to meet dietary needs and tastes, the text assures readers that people and practices will very likely meet the challenges successfully, aided by the scientific community. Similar banal statements show up in the five short chapters, which contain quotations from a variety of people who have some professional connection with food. The result is an uneven read leading more to glazed eyes than whetted appetites—and a downplayed urgency around real concerns that is more fit for younger readers. However, browsers can find many topics for further research, including aquaculture, vegetarian burgers, cricket chips, and the emerging science of nutrigenomics. The choice of which topics to emphasize seems arbitrary: A full sidebar highlights an unsupported claim that Asian fish farmers fed feces to tilapia. The final chapter is reminiscent of futuristic claims from the 1950s—and ignores lifestyle and income disparity—as it asserts that an upcoming, better way of life will include kitchen robots, 3-D food printers, and smartphones that signal if meat has spoiled. A variety of full-color photographs elevate the work.

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