How the World Eats

Julian Baggini engages with food in a way that nobody else does. He's the most important thinker we've got on food in the UK

Julian Baggini engages with food in a way that nobody else does. He's the most important thinker we've got on food in the UK

[An] overview of how people throughout the entire world - from hunter-gatherers to NASA astronauts - view, exist within, manage, and try to improve their food systems. Baggini's philosophy makes sense. We need sustainable food systems to feed the world

A profound and important book about our broken food system and how we might fix it. Baggini treats a thorny and complex issue with balance, clarity and a leavening of wit

Julian expertly takes the reader on a wonderful journey and exploration through philosophy, culture, and gastronomy across the globe. A must-read for anyone passionate about food, culture and connections

A refreshingly balanced and nuanced survey of the complexities and realities of food today. Baggini explores the global reach of what we eat and weighs up competing voices to give some clarity of thinking amongst the clamour and crises

Very informative and highly enjoyable

Debunks myths aplenty... Baggini's arguments are both readable and reasonable, which should find common ground across the food industry, whether you are a committed vegan or part-owner of a meat processing plant

With insights gained during interviews with food producers, activists, and academics, Baggini develops a food philosophy that seeks to understand how we feed ourselves and identify principles to help us repair our broken food world

Profoundly important, informative and rigorously analytical... Baggini's canvas is worldwide, his approach forensic... balanced and meticulous... Jaw-dropping... It's an exciting display of joined-up thinking

JULIAN BAGGINI's books include the Sunday Times-bestselling How the World Thinks; How to Think Like a Philosopher; The Virtues of the Table; and the bestseller The Pig That Wants to be Eaten, all published by Granta Books. He has served as the Academic Director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy and is a member of the Food Ethics Council. He has written for the Guardian, the TLS, the Financial Times and Prospect, among other publications, and for academic journals and think tanks. His website is julianbaggini.com.