Food System Books
Showing 1-50 of 231
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as food-system)
avg rating 4.19 — 211,421 ratings — published 2006
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as food-system)
avg rating 4.07 — 120,108 ratings — published 2008
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as food-system)
avg rating 4.05 — 113,776 ratings — published 2007
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as food-system)
avg rating 4.06 — 60,038 ratings — published 2001
Stuffed and Starved: Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World Food System (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as food-system)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,595 ratings — published 2007
Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as food-system)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,826 ratings — published
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as food-system)
avg rating 4.02 — 33,214 ratings — published 2013
Eating Animals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as food-system)
avg rating 4.21 — 81,138 ratings — published 2009
Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, And Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as food-system)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,531 ratings — published 1997
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as food-system)
avg rating 4.08 — 26,158 ratings — published 2013
The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as food-system)
avg rating 3.76 — 1,752 ratings — published 2009
Food Fight: The Inside Story of The Food Industry, America's Obesity Crisis, and What We Can Do About It (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as food-system)
avg rating 3.47 — 235 ratings — published 2003
Holy Cows & Hog Heaven: The Food Buyer's Guide to Farm Friendly Food (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as food-system)
avg rating 4.02 — 350 ratings — published 2005
Cultivating Food Justice: Race, Class, and Sustainability (Food, Health, and the Environment)
by (shelved 2 times as food-system)
avg rating 4.18 — 178 ratings — published 2011
Food Rebellions!: Forging Food Sovereignty to Solve the Global Food Crisis (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as food-system)
avg rating 3.57 — 54 ratings — published 2009
Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as food-system)
avg rating 3.71 — 579 ratings — published 2008
Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as food-system)
avg rating 3.92 — 654 ratings — published 2002
Paradox of Plenty: A Social History of Eating in Modern America (California Studies in Food and Culture, 8)
by (shelved 2 times as food-system)
avg rating 3.79 — 194 ratings — published 1988
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as food-system)
avg rating 3.97 — 10,403 ratings — published 2009
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as food-system)
avg rating 3.75 — 206,790 ratings — published 2001
What to Eat (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 4.03 — 5,978 ratings — published 2006
Tiny Gardens Everywhere: The Past, Present, and Future of the Self-Provisioning City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 4.32 — 62 ratings — published
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration: A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets and Their Effects (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,301 ratings — published 1939
What to Eat Now: The Indispensable Guide to Good Food, How to Find It, and Why It Matters (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 4.04 — 246 ratings — published
Reaping What She Sows: How Women Are Rebuilding Our Broken Food System (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 4.46 — 28 ratings — published
Gut Check: Unleash the Power of Your Microbiome to Reverse Disease and Transform Your Mental, Physical, and Emotional Health (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 3.49 — 1,251 ratings — published
VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health . . . for Good (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 3.71 — 2,939 ratings — published 2013
Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal: A Food Science Nutrition History Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 3.90 — 3,932 ratings — published 2021
Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 4.23 — 7,352 ratings — published 2024
The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 4.01 — 9,378 ratings — published 2015
Vitamania: Our Obsessive Quest For Nutritional Perfection (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,169 ratings — published 2015
Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can't Stop Eating Food That Isn't Food (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 4.37 — 47,716 ratings — published 2023
Nourishment: What Animals Can Teach Us about Rediscovering Our Nutritional Wisdom (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 4.28 — 184 ratings — published
Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,149 ratings — published 2022
Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,709 ratings — published 2021
Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 3.79 — 888 ratings — published 2004
Raw: a Novel (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 2.83 — 6 ratings — published 2010
Genetic Engineering in Agriculture: The Myths, Environmental Risks, and Alternatives (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 3.56 — 18 ratings — published 2001
Hungry Beautiful Animals: The Joyful Case for Going Vegan (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 3.83 — 82 ratings — published
Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 3.93 — 16,427 ratings — published 2024
Farmed Out: Agricultural Lobbying in a Polarized Congress (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Endangered Eating: America's Vanishing Foods (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 4.02 — 486 ratings — published 2023
Unpacking School Lunch: Understanding the Hidden Politics of School Food (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 3.40 — 5 ratings — published
Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,711 ratings — published 2021
The Behavioral Code: The Hidden Ways the Law Makes Us Better . . . or Worse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 3.95 — 174 ratings — published 2021
The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 3.94 — 15,585 ratings — published 2020
Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 4.23 — 624,379 ratings — published 2021
Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Food (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 3.78 — 78 ratings — published
Pressure Cooker: Why Home Cooking Won't Solve Our Problems and What We Can Do About It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 3.87 — 436 ratings — published 2019
Magic Bean: The Rise of Soy in America (CultureAmerica)
by (shelved 1 time as food-system)
avg rating 3.75 — 12 ratings — published
“How fragile is a world so connected and tied together that a change in food fashion in one place can lead to starvation halfway through the world?”
― Home Cooking in the Global Village: Caribbean Food from Buccaneers to Ecotourists
― Home Cooking in the Global Village: Caribbean Food from Buccaneers to Ecotourists
“Food is packed with meaning, as well as vitamins, carbohydrates and protein. It satisfies needs beyond those of the body and the pocketbook. Food is a medium to build families, religious communities, ethnic boundaries and a consciousness of history.”
― Home Cooking in the Global Village: Caribbean Food from Buccaneers to Ecotourists
― Home Cooking in the Global Village: Caribbean Food from Buccaneers to Ecotourists
