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Mark Bittman on Our Complicated History with Food

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4.31.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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James Beard Award-winning food writer and #1 bestselling author Mark Bittman offers a panoramic view of how the frenzy for food has driven human history to some of its most catastrophic moments, from slavery and genocide to our current moment, wherein Big Food exacerbates climate change, plunders our planet, and sickens its people. Mark reveals how he first got the world to take food issues seriously, how we can rethink our food distribution systems, and take a different approach to feeding the wo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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James Beard Award-winning food writer and number one best-selling author, Mark Bitman,

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offers a panoramic view of how the frenzy for food has driven human history to some of its most catastrophic moments.

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