Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal

By Tristram Stuart

Book Overview

But there could be surprisingly painless remedies for what has become one of the world's most pressing environmental and social problems. Waste traces the problem around the globe from the top to the bottom of the food production chain. Stuart's journey takes him from the streets of New York to China, Pakistan and Japan and back to his home in England. Introducing us to foraging pigs, potato farmers and food industry CEOs, Stuart encounters grotesque examples of profligacy, but also inspiring innovations and ways of making the most of what we have. The journey is a personal one, as Stuart is a dedicated freegan, who has chosen to live off of discarded or self-produced food in order to highlight the global food waste scandal. Combining front-line investigation with startling new data, Waste shows how the way we live now has created a global food crisis--and what we can do to fix it.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393068366
• ISBN13: 9780393068368
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.5" x 6.1"