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In Food Routes, Robyn Metcalfe explores an often-overlooked aspect of the global food system how food moves from producer to consumer. She finds that the food supply chain is adapting to our increasingly complex demands for both personalization and convenience - but, she says, it won't be an easy ride. Â
Networked, digital tools will improve the food system but will also challenge our relationship to food in anxiety-provoking ways. It might not be easy to transfer our affections from verdant fields of organic tomatoes to high-rise greenhouses tended by robots. And yet, argues Metcalfe - a cautious technology optimist - technological advances offer opportunities for innovations that can get better food to more people in an increasingly urbanized world. Â
Metcalfe follows a slice of New York pizza and a club sandwich through the food supply chain; considers local foods, global foods, and food deserts; investigates the processing, packaging, and storage of food; explores the transportation networks that connect farm to plate; and explains how food can be tracked using sensors and the internet of things.Â
Future food may be engineered, networked, and nearly independent of crops grown in fields. New technologies can make the food system more efficient - but at what cost to our traditionally close relationship with food?
Read Online Food Routes Growing Bananas in Iceland and Other Tales from the Logistics of Eating Audible Audio Edition Robyn S Metcalfe Donna Postel Tantor Audio Books
"Great overview of the many elements that make up our global food supply chain...and the shifting consumer preferences and enabling technologies that will create disruptive changes across the food industry. I especially enjoyed the framework used to describe the "ingredients that keep food moving" - reliability, trust, adaptability and technology. And the end chapter that outlines potential future outcomes is fascinating - especially the discussion on how last-mile food delivery could be radically influenced by local (rooftop and in-home) "farming". Dr. Metcalfe is a great storyteller!"
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Food Routes Growing Bananas in Iceland and Other Tales from the Logistics of Eating Audible Audio Edition Robyn S Metcalfe Donna Postel Tantor Audio Books Reviews
- This book looks at our food system from so many different angles. It sheds light on a topic that most people don't care about. People say they are interested in farm to table, yet they only care about the farm and the table. This book fills in the gaps. It explains why our food system is so complicated. It includes pros and cons. It also spends a lot of time thinking about the future. There is a lot of research and development going into agriculture technology and logistics. These investments will revolutionize the way we eat and our relationship with food. Robyn is amazing at sparking conversation. She gives the reader enough information to develop their own opinions on our food system and the future.
- Great overview of the many elements that make up our global food supply chain...and the shifting consumer preferences and enabling technologies that will create disruptive changes across the food industry. I especially enjoyed the framework used to describe the "ingredients that keep food moving" - reliability, trust, adaptability and technology. And the end chapter that outlines potential future outcomes is fascinating - especially the discussion on how last-mile food delivery could be radically influenced by local (rooftop and in-home) "farming". Dr. Metcalfe is a great storyteller!
