Metcalfe, Robyn Shotwell, 1947- author.

Food routes : growing bananas in Iceland and other tales from the logistics of eating / Robyn S. Metcalfe.

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : The MIT Press, [2019]
©2019

x, 195 pages ; 24 cm

"Even if we think we know a lot about good and healthy food -- even if we buy organic, believe in slow food, and read Eater -- we probably don't know much about how food gets to the table. In Food Routes, Robyn Metcalfe explores an often-overlooked aspect of the global food system: how food moves from producer to consumer. 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. Metcalfe follows a slice of New York pizza and a club sandwich through the food supply chain; investigates the processing, packaging, and storage of food; and explains how food can be tracked using sensors and the Internet of Things. New technologies can make the food system more efficient -- but at what cost to our traditionally close human relationship with food?" -- Back cover.

9780262039659 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0262039656
9780262539524 (paperback)
0262539527 (paperback)

Food supply.
Food industry and trade.
Food Transportation.
Agricultural industries.
Aliments Transport.
Industries agricoles.
Aliments Approvisionnement.
Lebensmittelindustrie
Lebensmittelhandel
Lebensmittelversorgung
Logistik
Supply Chain Management

Growing bananas in Iceland and other tales from the logistics of eating

Location: Library main 304656
Call No.: BIB 250314
Status: Available