The Food Tank is recommending 20 new books on food and agriculture to celebrate spring. Topics include the paradox of obesity and malnutrition, building strong communities through socially-conscious food systems, and the essential link between food and health.
Books are from Italy, Puerto Rico, Australia and many other countries.
The reading list includes:
1. “Bread is Gold,” Massimo Bottura
2. “Eat a Little Better: Great Flavor, Good Health, Better World,” Sam Kass
3. “The Faces of Local Food: Celebrating the People Who Feed Us,” Charlotte Caldwell
4. “Food from the Radical Center: Healing Our Land and Communities,” Gary Paul
5. “Food Is the Solution: What to Eat to Save the World,” Matthew Prescott
6. “The Fruit Forager’s Companion,” Sara Bir.
7. “Fruitful Labor: Deep Ecology of a Small Farm,” Mike Madison
8. “How to Feed the World,” Jessica Eise, editor, and Ken Foster, editor
9. “Knowing Where It Comes From: Labeling Traditional Foods to Compete in a Global Market,” Fabio Parasecoli
10. “The Lost Crops Of Africa,” National Research Council
11. “The New Farm: Our Ten Years on the Front Lines of the Good Food Revolution,” Brent Preston
12. “A New Global Agenda: Priorities, Practices, & Pathways of the International Community,” Diana Ayton-Shenker, editor
13. “No One Eats Alone: Food as a Social Enterprise,” Michael S. Carolan
14. “Nourished Planet: Sustainability in the Global Food System,” Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition and Danielle Nierenberg, editor. Forthcoming in June 2018
15. “Our Native Bees: North America’s Endangered Pollinators and the Fight to Save Them,” Paige Embry
16. “A Precautionary Tale: How One Small Town Banned Pesticides, Preserved Its Food Heritage, and Inspired a Movement,” Philip Ackerman-Liest
17. “Silvopasture: A Guide to Managing Grazing Animals, Forage Crops, and Trees in a Temperate Farm Ecosystem,” Steve Gabriel
18. “We Fed an Island: The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time,” José Andrés
19. “What’s Making Our Children Sick?: How Industrial Food Is Causing an Epidemic of Chronic Illness, and What Parents (and Doctors) Can Do About It,” Michelle Perro and Vincanne Adams
20. “The Wildcrafting Brewer: Creating Unique Drinks and Boozy Concoctions from Nature’s Ingredients,” Pascal Baudar
Oh as a food lover I will definitely be checking out all of these.
Hi Sue,
Yes, it’s a good list. I’ll be looking for some of these titles, too.
Rita
What a great list. I love that so many people are rejecting artificial and processed foods and are going back to eating simple and wholesome real food.
I’m not big into food (except eating it) so usually, these types of books wouldn’t interest me, but I did see a couple of titles that are of interest. I’m especially interested in the Lost Crops of Africa.
Yes, the local, organic food movement is really a good trend for consumers.
Jennifer, let me know how you like the “Lost Crops of Africa.”
Rita