Hungry Planet

Hungry Planet examines how feeding the world and food inequality impact our planet. We all need to eat food to stay alive. In many parts of the world, there's plenty of food available, and some even gets wasted. But in other places, people struggle to find the food they need. Three billion people, or 40 per cent of the world's population, currently do not have a reliable supply of healthy food.

Hungry Planet looks at how feeding the world and food inequality are affecting our world. It explores where our food comes from, how farming and fishing affect the environment, why famines and food shortages occur, and what we can do to protect the planet and ensure everyone has the food they need.

Aimed at readers aged 9 and up.

Contents:

Everyone needs to eat!

Why we need food

Where food comes from

CASE STUDY: Rice

The journey of food

Food and health

Food shortages

CASE STUDY: The Irish Potato Famine

Food and the environment

Food and climate change

CASE STUDY: Shark overfishing

What's the answer?

Food and farm aid

Changing farming

Changing what we eat

CASE STUDY: Lab burgers

GM foods

Reducing waste

What can you do?

The future of food

Glossary

Further information

Index

Books in the series:

Plastic Planet

Hot Planet

Pandemic Planet

Recycled Planet

Sustainable Planet

Extinction Planet

Peaceful Planet?

Unequal Planet

Watery Planet

Crowded Planet

Neurodiverse Planet