Mangos from India, pasta from Italy, coffee from Colombia: Every day, we are nourished by a global food system that relies on our planet remaining verdant and productive. But current practices are undermining both human and environmental health, resulting in the paradoxes of obesity paired with malnutrition, crops used for animal feed and biofuels while people go hungry, and more than thirty percent of food being wasted when it could feed the 795 million malnourished worldwide.
In Nourished Planet, the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition offers a global plan for feeding ourselves sustainably. Drawing on the diverse experiences of renowned international experts, the book offers a truly planetary perspective. Essays and interviews showcase Hans Herren, Vandana Shiva, Alexander Mueller, and Pavan Suhkdev, among many others.
Together, these experts plot a map towards food for all, food for sustainable growth, food for health, and food for culture. With these ingredients, we can nourish our planet and ourselves.
Foreword: Valuing the True Cost of Food \ Pavan Sukhdev and Alexander Müller Preface \ Guido Barilla Preface \ Danielle Nierenberg Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Food for All -A Recipe for Sustainable Food Systems -Ingredients for Sustainability -Soil Degradation around the Globe -Food for All -Barriers to Food Access and Affordability -Precarious Prices for Food -Conclusion and Action Plan -Voices from the New Food Movement \ Hilal Elver \ Hans R. Herren \ Sieglinde Snapp \ Vandana Shiva
Chapter 2. Food for Sustainable Growth -The Food Pyramid Reimagined -How Our Diets Affect the Environment -Our Environmental Foodprints -The Water Economy: How Much Do We Have? -Managing Our Supply: The Virtual Watera Trade and Water Privatization -Soil Loss and Degradation -Food Loss and Food Waste -Agricultural Systems: Sustainability Is More Important Than Ever -Revolutionizing the Practices of the Past -Farming for the Future -Conclusion and Action Plan -Voices from the New Food Movement \ Dario Piselli \ Steve Brescia \ Shaneica Lester and Anne-Teresa Birthwright
Chapter 3. Food for Health -Building the Foundation for Health -A Lifetime of Health, and Preventing the Paradox -Corporate Influence on Dietary Choices -The Food Business Can Do Better -Conclusion and Action Plan -Voices from the New Food Movement \ Alexander Müller \ Bruce Friedrich \ Tristram Stuart
Chapter 4. Food for Culture -Going Forward by Going Back -Selected Endangered Foods Worldwide and Efforts to Save Them -Controlling Food: Food and Power Roles -The Great Culinary Tradition of the Mediterranean Diet and the Reality of Food Today -Conclusion and Action Plan -Voices from the New Food Movement \ Natasha Bowens \ Lindsey Shute \ Stephen Ritz \ Ruth Oniang'o
Notes Index
"Nourished Planet not only shows how sustainable practices produce healthy food, but also demonstrates their economic viability. These are the solutions that will TRULY feed the planet."
