Where Am I Eating?: An Adventure Through the Global Food Economy with Discussion Questions and a Guide to Going "Glocal"

DISCOVER WHERE THE FOOD WE EAT COMES FROM. . . AND WHY IT MATTERS America now imports twice as much food as it did a decade ago. Imports account for 86 percent of America s seafood, 50 percent of its fresh fruit, and 18 percent of its fresh vegetables. But what does this increased reliance on imported food mean for the people around the globe who produce our food? Kelsey Timmerman, author of the acclaimed Where Am I Wearing?, traveled around the world to find out, meeting the farmers and fishermen who grow and catch our food. Timmerman worked alongside them: diving for lobster in Nicaragua, harvesting bananas during a monsoon in Costa Rica, splitting cocoa beans with a machete in Ivory Coast, picking coffee beans on a dangerous mountainside in Colombia, and hauling tomatoes in Indiana. Where Am I Eating? explores the global food economy and the issues surrounding it globalization, workers and human rights, modern–day slavery, the global food crisis, fair trade, and immigration. Before your next sip of coffee or bite of chocolate discover how each of your small choices have shaped the lives of a worker thousands of miles away. Kelsey s reporting is not designed to steer you away from purchasing these items but to help you appreciate the human lives behind them. Christian Science Monitor [Kelsey] immediately engages his readers and challenges us to be informed and educated global citizens. Eli Capilouto, President, University of Kentucky