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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... grains and beans.2 Like many converts to the counter- cuisine the natural foods revival of the late 1960s and early ... grain protein to produce one pound of beef protein . Other livestock were only marginally better , with feed - to ...
... grains and beans.2 Like many converts to the counter- cuisine the natural foods revival of the late 1960s and early ... grain protein to produce one pound of beef protein . Other livestock were only marginally better , with feed - to ...
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... grain , roots , and milk . ” In 1811 , radical publisher Richard Phillips argued that British farmers could potentially feed forty - seven mil- lion vegetarians “ in abundance ” but “ sustain only twelve millions scant- ily ” on animal ...
... grain , roots , and milk . ” In 1811 , radical publisher Richard Phillips argued that British farmers could potentially feed forty - seven mil- lion vegetarians “ in abundance ” but “ sustain only twelve millions scant- ily ” on animal ...
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... grain - fed variety that British herds- men had just begun to produce in the 1790s.10 Malthus thus discounted the voluntary asceticism suggested by Godwin's circle . Oh yes , he al- lowed , a frugal , all - vegetable diet modeled after ...
... grain - fed variety that British herds- men had just begun to produce in the 1790s.10 Malthus thus discounted the voluntary asceticism suggested by Godwin's circle . Oh yes , he al- lowed , a frugal , all - vegetable diet modeled after ...
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... grain to livestock—Lappé's bugbear—is even more modern. According to Smil, only about 10 percent of the world's grain was fed to animals in 1900; by 1950 it was 20 percent, and by 1990, 45 percent. Feedlots accounted for 43 percent of ...
... grain to livestock—Lappé's bugbear—is even more modern. According to Smil, only about 10 percent of the world's grain was fed to animals in 1900; by 1950 it was 20 percent, and by 1990, 45 percent. Feedlots accounted for 43 percent of ...
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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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