For World Food Day, which takes place on October 16th to commemorate the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945, we are sharing a collection of books that detail issues involving food that are taking place around the world and offer guidance on finding food options for a better future and a better life.
Books for World Food Day
By Coll Rowe | October 15 2024 | SociologyHealth
Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities
9781592407606
A pioneering urban farmer and MacArthur Genius Award-Winner points the way to building a new food system that can feed and heal communities.
$16.00 US
Jul 02, 2013
Paperback
304 Pages
Avery
My Adventures Farming the Ocean to Fight Climate Change
9781101974322
In the face of apocalyptic climate change, a former fisherman shares a bold and hopeful new vision for saving the planet: farming the ocean. Here Bren Smith—pioneer of regenerative ocean agriculture—introduces the world to a groundbreaking solution to the global climate crisis.
$19.00 US
Mar 27, 2020
Paperback
320 Pages
Vintage
- History > U.S. History > Food Studies
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
- Culinary, Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism > Culinary Arts > Culinary Nutrition
- Culinary, Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism > Food Science > Specialized Courses
- Biology > Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology > Algae
- Environmental Science > Sustainable Development
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9780262537315
A consumer’s guide to the food system, from local to global: our part as citizens in the interconnected networks, institutions, and organizations that enable our food choices.
$16.95 US
May 21, 2019
Paperback
228 Pages
The MIT Press
A Slow Food Manifesto
9780525561552
From chef and food activist Alice Waters, an impassioned plea for a radical reconsideration of the way each and every one of us cooks and eats.
$18.00 US
Jun 07, 2022
Paperback
208 Pages
Penguin Books
- History > Topical History > History of Agriculture
- History > U.S. History > Food Studies
- Political Science > Public Policy and Public Administration > Environmental Politics and Policy
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Sociology of Health / Medicine
- Sociology > Special Topics > Sociology of Food
- Culinary, Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism > Culinary Arts > Culinary Nutrition
- Culinary, Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism > Culinary Arts > Specialized Courses
- Culinary, Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism > Food Science > Introduction to Nutritional Cooking
- Culinary, Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism > Food Science > Specialized Courses
- Environmental Science > Sustainable Development
- Geography > Special Topics
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Public Health
- Nutrition > Food Preparation
- Nutrition > Special Topics
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Hunger and Hope in the Twenty-First Century
9780593321683
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • WINNER OF THE 2025 ZÓCALO BOOK PRIZEA humanitarian leader with more than two decades of experience working for the United Nations takes aim at the global food crisis—revealing how hunger anywhere affects lives everywhere and what steps we can take to change course. "This book should be required reading for the entire human race." —Jonathan Safran Foer, author of We Are the Weather
$30.00 US
Jun 25, 2024
Hardcover
304 Pages
Knopf
- Economics > International and Economic Development > Economic Development
- Economics > International and Economic Development > Economics of Developing Nations
- Anthropology > Cultural and Social Anthropology > Economic Anthropology
- History > Topical History > History of Agriculture
- History > U.S. History > Food Studies
- Political Science > Comparative Politics > Specialized Courses
- Political Science > International Relations > Human Rights
- Political Science > Introduction to Political Science > Political Sociology
- Political Science > Public Policy and Public Administration > Environmental Politics and Policy
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Sociology of the Environment
- Sociology > Social Problems > Social Problems
- Sociology > Special Topics > Sociology of Food
- Geography > Economic Geography
- Geography > Human Geography
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The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats
9781101990599
The true adventures of David Fairchild, a late-nineteenth-century food explorer who traveled the globe and introduced diverse crops like avocados, mangoes, seedless grapes--and thousands more--to the American plate.
$20.00 US
Feb 05, 2019
Paperback
416 Pages
Dutton
A Food History of the Modern South
9780143111016
A people’s history of Southern food that reveals how the region came to be at the forefront of American culinary culture and how issues of race have shaped Southern cuisine over the last six decades.
$19.00 US
Feb 06, 2018
Paperback
384 Pages
Penguin Books
- History > Period History: U.S. > Civil Rights Movement (1940-1968)
- History > U.S. History > Food Studies
- History > U.S. History > History of the South
- History > U.S. History > U.S. Cultural History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > American Popular Culture
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > American Studies
- Political Science > Comparative Politics > Race and Politics
- Sociology > Special Topics > Sociology of Food
- Culinary, Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism > Culinary Arts > American Cuisine
- Culinary, Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism > Culinary Arts > History and Criticism
- Geography > Human Geography
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Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet
9780143135968
What if there were a way to halt the climate catastrophe and end global hunger at the same time? The solution is right under our feet.
$19.00 US
Aug 02, 2022
Paperback
352 Pages
Penguin Books
- Anthropology > Physical Anthropology > Human Ecology
- History > Topical History > History of Agriculture
- History > U.S. History > Food Studies
- Political Science > Public Policy and Public Administration > Environmental Politics and Policy
- Sociology > Social Change > Social Movements and Collective Behavior
- Sociology > Special Topics > Sociology of Food
- Biology > Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology > Ecology
- Engineering > Building and Technical Trades > Sustainability
- Engineering > Civil and Environmental Engineering > Hydrology
- Engineering > Civil and Environmental Engineering > Soil Mechanics
- Engineering > Industrial Engineering > Sustainable Engineering
- Environmental Science > Climate Change
- Environmental Science > Environmental Biology
- Environmental Science > Environmental Conservation
- Environmental Science > Environmental Geology
- Environmental Science > Sustainable Development
- Geography > Earth Science
- Geography > Special Topics
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The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket
9780553459418
An extraordinary investigation into the human lives at the heart of the American grocery store
$19.00 US
Nov 09, 2021
Paperback
336 Pages
Avery
- Economics > Special Topics
- History > Topical History > History of Agriculture
- History > U.S. History > Food Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > American Studies
- Sociology > Special Topics > Sociology of Food
- Culinary, Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism > Food Science > Food Laws and Regulations
- Culinary, Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism > Food Science > Specialized Courses
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