Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal: A Food Science Nutrition History Book

"Epic and engrossing." -The New York Times Book Review

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and pioneering journalist, an expansive look at how history has been shaped by humanity's appetite for food, farmland, and the money behind it all-and how a better future is within reach.

The story of humankind is usually told as one of technological innovation and economic influence-of arrowheads and atomic bombs, settlers and stock markets. But behind it all, there is an even more fundamen...