How feeding the world - and food inequality - are impacting our planet
We all need to eat food to stay alive. In many parts of the world, there's plenty of food available and some even gets wasted. But in other places, people can struggle to find the food they need. Three billion people, or 40 per cent of the world's population, currently don't have a reliable supply of healthy food.
HUNGRY PLANET looks at how feeding the world - and food inequality - are impacting our world. It explores where our food comes from, how farming and fishing affect the environment, why famines and food shortages happen - and what we can all do to protect the planet and make sure everyone has the food they need.
Aimed at readers aged 9 and up.
Contents: Everyone needs to eat! / Why we need food / Where food comes from / CASE STUDY: Rice / The journey of food / Food and health / Food shortages 16 / CASE STUDY: The Irish Potato Famine / Food and the environment / Food and climate change / CASE STUDY: Shark overfishing / What's the answer? / Food and farm aid / Changing farming / Changing what we eat / CASE STUDY: Lab burgers / GM foods / Reducing waste / What can you do? / The future of food / Glossary / Further information / Index
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1: Everyone needs to eat!
2: Why we need food
3: Where food comes from
4: CASE STUDY: Rice
5: The journey of food
6: Food and health
7: Food shortages
8: CASE STUDY: The Irish Potato Famine
9: Food and the environment
10: Food and climate change
11: CASE STUDY: Shark overfishing
12: What's the answer?
13: Food and farm aid
14: Changing farming
15: Changing what we eat
16: CASE STUDY: Lab burgers
17: GM foods
18: Reducing waste
19: What can you do?
20: The future of food
21: Glossary
22: Further information
23: Index
Anna Claybourne has written over 150 children's books on all kinds of subjects, from sharks, black holes and splitting the atom to how to draw, Shakespeare's life, and Greek myths and legends. She knows a lot about conservation in the rain forests of Costa Rica as she once volunteered there for three months. She likes space, sewing and music, plays the trombone and loves going camping.
