Mary Roach meets Michael Pollan in this ambitious, dynamic and thought-provoking foray into the future of food
Amanda Little is the author of Power Trip: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells – Our Ride to the Renewable Future. An award-winning environmental journalist, she has written for the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone , Wired and the Washington Post, among others. She teaches investigative journalism at Vanderbilt University and lives with her husband and children in Nashville, Tennessee.
‘Timely, positive, thought-provoking.’
*The Times*
‘A riveting adventure story about a dire topic, but yet it somehow
brims with optimism. Little travels around the world in hot pursuit
of solutions, hell-bent on hope.’
*Julia Louis-Dreyfus*
‘What we grow and how we eat are going to change radically over the
next few decades. In The Fate of Food, Amanda Little takes us
on a tour of the future. The journey is scary, exciting, and,
ultimately, encouraging.’
*Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth
Extinction*
‘The challenge we face is not just to feed a more populous world,
but to do this sustainably and equitably. Amanda Little brings
urgency, intrigue and crack reporting to the story of our food
future. Devour this book – it’s a narrative feast!’
*Chef José Andrés, Nobel Peace Prize nominee*
‘How will we feed humanity in the era of climate change? Amanda
Little tackles an immense topic with grit and optimism in this
fast, fascinating read. A beautifully written triumph.’
*John Kerry, former US Secretary of State*
‘Probably the most basic question humans ever ask is, “what’s for
dinner?” Amanda Little – a superb reporter – helps us imagine what
the answer will be as this tough century wears on. The stories she
tells with such brio are food for thought and action.’
*Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy*
‘This is a big, important book about feeding the world – but that’s
not why you’ll read it. You’ll read The Fate of
Food because it’s compulsively readable. Amanda Little takes
you around the world and shows you things you never thought you’d
be interested in, but now you can’t get enough. Desalination! Who
knew? You’ll taste fish feed with her. You’ll get airsick with her.
You’ll meet the strange, fascinating people who are solving some of
the planet’s most pressing problems. And, in the end, her optimism
will become your optimism. We can do this.’
*Tamar Haspel, Washington Post columnist*
‘Necessity is the mother of invention, observed Plato.
Amanda Little investigates how environmental and population
pressures are spurring innovation on a grand scale – with perhaps
higher stakes and longer odds than history has ever seen. This is a
big, sweeping story told with heart and rigor, as ambitious as it
is accessible.’
*Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American
Lion*
‘Perhaps the greatest challenge of our century will be providing
nutritious diets to 10 billion people without destroying what is
left of the biosphere. Can we do it? Yes. But Amanda Little shows
us that success will look nothing like today’s food
system. The Fate of Food is spectacular. The stories are
beautifully woven together and filled with curiosity, openness to
new ideas, and compelling insights. This book is funny, smart,
dogma-free, incredibly educational, and I think will end up being
an enormously valuable contribution to the world.’
*Samuel Myers, professor and principal researcher, Harvard
University Center for the Environment*
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