Meals to Come: A History of the Future of FoodUniversity of California Press, 18/10/2006 - 393 من الصفحات In this provocative and lively addition to his acclaimed writings on food, Warren Belasco takes a sweeping look at a little-explored yet timely topic: humanity's deep-rooted anxiety about the future of food. People have expressed their worries about the future of the food supply in myriad ways, and here Belasco explores a fascinating array of material ranging over two hundred years—from futuristic novels and films to world's fairs, Disney amusement parks, supermarket and restaurant architecture, organic farmers' markets, debates over genetic engineering, and more. Placing food issues in this deep historical context, he provides an innovative framework for understanding the future of food today—when new prophets warn us against complacency at the same time that new technologies offer promising solutions. But will our grandchildren's grandchildren enjoy the cornucopian bounty most of us take for granted? This first history of the future to put food at the center of the story provides an intriguing perspective on this question for anyone—from general readers to policy analysts, historians, and students of the future—who has wondered about the future of life's most basic requirement. |
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... feed a rapidly growing, urbanized population in the Third World? As policy analysts debate possible scenarios, starkly different forecasts and proposals emerge. Some futurists predict unprecedented affluence and convenience—a world of ...
... feed a rapidly growing, urbanized population in the Third World? As policy analysts debate possible scenarios, starkly different forecasts and proposals emerge. Some futurists predict unprecedented affluence and convenience—a world of ...
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... feed the future : ( 1 ) bake a bigger pie , ( 2 ) put fewer forks on the table , or ( 3 ) teach everyone better table man- ners.3 Seeing no limits on human ingenuity and creativity , Condorcet pre- dicted that science and industry could ...
... feed the future : ( 1 ) bake a bigger pie , ( 2 ) put fewer forks on the table , or ( 3 ) teach everyone better table man- ners.3 Seeing no limits on human ingenuity and creativity , Condorcet pre- dicted that science and industry could ...
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... feed themselves . Labeling the typical grain - fed farm animal “ a protein factory in reverse , ” Lappé argued that it took 21.4 pounds of feed - grain protein to produce one pound of beef protein . Other livestock were only marginally ...
... feed themselves . Labeling the typical grain - fed farm animal “ a protein factory in reverse , ” Lappé argued that it took 21.4 pounds of feed - grain protein to produce one pound of beef protein . Other livestock were only marginally ...
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... feed forty - seven mil- lion vegetarians “ in abundance ” but “ sustain only twelve millions scant- ily ” on animal products . Similarly , poet Percy Bysshe Shelley's “ Vindi- cation of a Natural Diet ” ( 1813 ) blasted the meat eater ...
... feed forty - seven mil- lion vegetarians “ in abundance ” but “ sustain only twelve millions scant- ily ” on animal products . Similarly , poet Percy Bysshe Shelley's “ Vindi- cation of a Natural Diet ” ( 1813 ) blasted the meat eater ...
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... Feeding the World, geographer Vaclav Smil observes that “per capita means of meat consumption remained low dur- ing the whole preindustrial era, averaging usually no more than 10 kg/year.” Well through the mid-nineteenth century the ...
... Feeding the World, geographer Vaclav Smil observes that “per capita means of meat consumption remained low dur- ing the whole preindustrial era, averaging usually no more than 10 kg/year.” Well through the mid-nineteenth century the ...
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Will the World Run Out of Food? | 20 |
3 The Deep Structure of the Debate | 61 |
PART II IMAGINING THE FUTURE OF FOOD | 93 |
4 The Utopian Caveat | 95 |
5 Dystopias | 119 |
PART III THINGS TO COME | 147 |
6 The Classical Future | 149 |
7 The Modernist Future | 166 |
8 The Recombinant Future | 219 |
Postscript | 263 |
Notes | 267 |
Selected Bibliography | 317 |
Acknowledgments | 333 |
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