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How to feed the world : the history and future of food / Vaclav Smil.
In this myth-busting book, a scientist investigates why big food-producing countries also have the most undernourished populations; why food goes to waste and how to prevent it; whether the planet could and should go vegan; and how to feed a growing population without killing the planet.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593834510
- ISBN: 0593834518
- Physical Description: 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First United States edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Viking, 2025.
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-247) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | What did agriculture ever do for us? -- Why do we eat lots of some plants and not others? -- The limit of what we can grow -- Why do we eat some animals and not others? -- What's more important : food or smartphones? -- What should you eat to be healthy? -- Feeding a growing population with reduced environmental impacts : dubious solutions -- Feeding a growing population : what would work. |
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| Subject: | Food supply. Sustainable agriculture. Agricultural productivity. Aliments > Approvisionnement. Agriculture durable. Agriculture > Productivité. sustainable agriculture (discipline) |
| Genre: | Informational works. Documents d'information. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | 363.8 SMI (Text) | 000178594 | New Books | Available | - |