By providing an up-to-date and visually appealing understanding of important issues around global food and agriculture, The Atlas of Food maps out broad areas of investigation--contamination of food and water, overnutrition, micronutrient deficiency, processing, farming, and trade--to offer a concise overview of today's food and farming concerns.

Table of Contents

• About the Authors
• Foreword by Marion Nestle
• Contributors
• Introduction
• Part 1 Contemporary Challenges
• 1 Current Concerns
• 2 Feeding the World
• 3 Unequal Distribution
• 4 Environmental Challenges
• 5 Water Pressure
• 6 Nutritional Deficiencies
• 7 Over-Nutrition
• 8 Contamination
• Part 2 Farming
• 9 Mechanization
• 10 Industrial Livestock Production
• 11 Animal Feed
• 12 Animal Diseases
• 13 Agricultural R&D
• 14 Genetically Modified Crops
• 15 Pesticides
• 16 Fertilizers
• 17 Working the Land
• 18 Land Ownership
• 19 Urban Farming
• 20 Fishing and Aquaculture
• 21 Agricultural Biodiversity
• 22 Organic Farming
• 23 Greenhouse Gases
• Part 3 Trade
• 24 Trade Flows
• 25 Live Animal Transport
• 26 Subsidized Trade
• 27 Trade Disputes
• 28 Trade Dependency
• 29 Fair Trade
• Part 4 Processing, Retailing and Consumption
• 30 Staple Foods
• 31 Changing Diets
• 32 Processing Giants
• 33 Retail Power
• 34 Organic Food
• 35 Food Additives
• 36 Eating Out
• 37 Fast Food
• 38 Alcohol
• 39 Advertising and Marketing
• 40 Citizens Bite Back
• Part 5 Data Tables
• Agriculture
• Consumption
• Sources