Food: The New Gold
Written by Kathlyn Gay
Narrated by Intuitive
4/5
()
About this audiobook
In this book, author Kathlyn Gay explores the complicated interaction between food, business, politics, and the environment. She examines the international food aid system; giant "factory farms," which grow and slaughter animals using assembly-line techniques; and the genetic engineering of seeds, plants, and animals. These systems and practices promise to get more food to the people who need it—but the promises don't always pan out. Worse, many modern agricultural practices are harmful to the environment, to workers who product the food, and even to consumers who eat it. Gay explains that food politics will only become more complicated as Earth's climate grows warmer, bringing rising sea levels, shifting growing seasons, and shrinking freshwater supplies.
Kathlyn Gay
Kathlyn Gay has been writing professionally since the day her daugher was born in 1957, selling her first article after she got out of the hospital. Now with over 100 books published, including "first readers," middle grade and young adult books, encyclopedias, teacher manuals, and portions of textbooks, she still finds her life enriched by writing nonfiction work focusing on social and environmental issues, culture, and history. In recent years, she has collaborated (primarily by email) with family members across the country, sons Martin and Douglas Gay and daughter Karen Hamilton. She's married to Arthur L. Gay, a retired educator. They have lived in Illinois, California, Indiana, and now Florida. Family members include two grandchildren, Nissa Beth Gay in California and Dakota Sandoval-Gay in Washington state.
Related to Food
Related audiobooks
Simplifying the COVID Puzzle: How Two Essential Vitamins Fortify the Immune System Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAnger Management: Controlling Anger And Frustration Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMusic Talks With Children Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Vegetarian Life: A Way For You To Help Save Humanity... Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFit In 15: A Complete Weight Loss Program Designed for Women Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFascinating Facts About Plants: You'll Love To Share Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Cask of Amontillado Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Will and No Will or a Bone for the Lawyers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Opioid Epidemic and the Addiction Crisis Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Holographic Ambitions: The Life of a Child Alcoholic and How To Heal Yourself Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Wisdom of a Big Girl: Learning to Measure Yourself by a Different Standard Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Food Values Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Doctor's Dilemma Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Relaxation for Pain Management Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTime to Go Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Food Revolution: Discover How the Way We Produce and Eat Our Food Can Affect the Planet’s Future and People’s Health Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOnce Upon a Time We Ate Animals: The Future of Food Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Guide to Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma by Instaread Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFoodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFast Carbs, Slow Carbs: The Simple Truth about Food, Weight, and Disease Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFoodtopia: Communities in Pursuit of Peace, Love, & Homegrown Food Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGuide to Mark Schatzker's The Dorito Effect by Instaread Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gluttony: The 7 Deadly Sins Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
YA Social Themes For You
The Summer I Turned Pretty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5They Both Die at the End Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Powerless Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5If He Had Been with Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hate U Give Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Firekeeper's Daughter Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Downstairs Girl Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5We'll Always Have Summer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Uglies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The First to Die at the End Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, Book 1) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Weight of Blood Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My Life With The Walter Boys Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crank Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Long Way Down Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It's Not Summer Without You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sold Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It's Kind of a Funny Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dread Nation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Better Than the Movies Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Warrior Girl Unearthed Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Allegiant Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pretties Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fever 1793 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Monday's Not Coming Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Summer of Broken Rules Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Butterfly Assassin Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Poet X Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Insurgent Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Food
3 ratings1 review
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Food: the New Gold by Kathlyn Gay is an informative and sobering look at food through multiple perspectives. At just under 100 pages, this slim volume tackles a lot: global hunger, industrialized farming, environmental impacts, and the science and politics that drive food production, safety and economics. The book delves into agricultural history to give readers a greater sense of the benefits and consequences—for consumers, workers, plants and animals—that have resulted from scientific and industrial advancements. In addition, the book illustrates how people’s food choices and buying habits can influence the global market.
Food has an engaging layout with numerous full-color photos, quotes and diagrams. Smaller, related topics are visually highlighted throughout the book, such as recycling, biofuels, and future food sources. A glossary, source notes, bibliography and additional resources are provided at the book’s end. Older students requiring more comprehensive citations may find the source notes lacking, particularly for the diagram statistics. Overall, though, this is an excellent introduction to the social, political, and economic impact of what we put on our plate. A well-balanced and broad account, Food: the New Gold gives student researchers (forgive the pun) a lot to chew on.