Andrew Rimas: Empires of Food
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Channel: GBH Forum Network · 2014 · Education
Andrew Rimas discusses Empires of Food: Feast, Famine and the Fall of Civilizations. Co-authored with University of Leeds’ agricultural expert Dr. Evan D.G. Fraser, the book vividly chronicles the fate of people over the past twelve thousand years through the food they ate and provides devastating insights into what to expect in years to come. What does this sweeping look at the relationships among food, food availability, new foods, and developing human civilizations tell us about food security in our own warming world? How fragile is the 21st Century food system? If food supplies failed, as has happened to every other human civilization in the past, how would the U.S. feed its 300+ millions? What can be done to avoid this possible calamity?
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