Food books have become as ubiquitous, and just as hard to keep up with, as new product lines in the supermarket. On Amazon I counted 2,259 food titles published in 2015, on such topics as sustainable agriculture, hunger, and food systems. Compare that with only 436 such titles published 10 years before. Neither count includes cooking, gardening, or diet books. It might be argued that not much more could be said about human sustenance. Not unless, of course, a brave soul wants to attempt the… Food books have become as ubiquitous, and just as hard to keep up with, as new product lines in the supermarket. On Amazon I counted 2,259 food titles published in 2015, on such topics as sustainable agriculture, hunger, and food systems. Compare that with only 436 such titles published 10 years before. Neither count includes cooking, gardening, or diet books. It might be argued that not much more could be said about human sustenance. Not unless, of course, a brave soul wants to attempt the…

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