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FOOD: A FUNDAMENTAL INGREDIENT IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY
taken from An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage
CS110 Microcomputer Project - Chiara Cervini – December 2013
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Contents
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There are many ways to look at the past…
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…as a list of important dates
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As a conveyor belt of kings and queens...
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As a series of rising and falling empires
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or as a narrative of political, philosophical or technological progress.
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It is possible to observe history from another point of view, less conventional maybe, but likewise significant for humanity…
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…and that is through
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Food: Agent of Change
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… It has acted as a catalyst of social
transformation and
organization through,
Throughout history, food has done
more than just provide sustenance …
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Geopolitical Competition
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Industrial Development
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Military Conflict
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… and
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Economic Expansion
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Food’s first transformative role
acted as a foundation for entire
civilizations.
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Agriculture: Aggregation
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The adoption of agriculture
made
new settled lifestyles possible
and set mankind on the path to the modern world.
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From hunting and gathering
to
Farming in a
continuous way.
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First Stable Civilizations
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First Staple Crops
Wheat MaizeMillet
Barley Rice Potatoes
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The staple crops that supported the first civilizations, i.e.
• barley and wheat in the Near East
• millet and rice in Asia
• maize and potatoes in the Americas,
were not simply discovered by chance.
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Crop SelectionThe first Genetic Engineers were farmers.
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Instead, they emerged through a
complex process of
co-evolution,
as desirable traits were selected and propagated by early farmers.
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New Species
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New Tools
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New Processes
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New Social Organization
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Political, economic and religious structures of ancient societies were based upon the systems of food production and distribution
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The
production of …
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Agricultural food surpluses and…
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Development of Communal Food Storage and …
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Food Conservation
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Fostered…
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Political Centralization
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Agricultural fertility rituals developed into
state religions
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FOOD became a means
of …
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Payment and taxation
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Power
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Influence and display of status
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Food-trade routes acted as
international communication networks
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and fostered cultural and religious
exchange
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compiled the first attempts at
world maps
Early Geographers
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The European desire to circumvent the
Arab Spice Monopoly
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led to …
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First Colonial Outposts
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And later on to…
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Imperialism
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Industrial Revolution
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Plantations: Sugar and Potatoes
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Sugar: West Indies
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Europe: Potatoes
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Sugar
and
potatoes
provided cheap sustenance for the workers in
the new factories
of the industrial age.
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Potatoes became a staple food.
Compared to cereal crops, they produced more calories per given area of land.
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
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Groundnut in shell
Lentils Potato Rice, paddy Sweet potatoes Wheat
Calories(kcal/m2-crop)
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1845: Great Irish Potato Famine
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Food and War
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The use of FOOD as a
weapon of
war
is timeless.
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In Europe, Napoleon’s
rise and fall was
intimately connected…
…with his ability to
FEED his vast armies.
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Ideological Weapon
Artificial Famine
was used during the
Cold War between
capitalism and communism.
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The Green Revolution
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Green Revolution
Norman BorlaugGeneticist
Wins the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970
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o Increase per hectare crop yields of wheat, corn, and rice
Creates new hybrid varieties
Objective: Food Security
o Facilitate harvest through mechanization.
Norin 10 Dwarf Wheat
Hybrid rice
Green Revolution
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Industrial Agriculture
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19%
19%
11%
10%
9%
6%
5%
4%3%3%
Agrochemical Industry% Market Share
Bayer (Germany)
Syngenta (Switzerland)
BASF (Germany)
Dow AgroSciences (USA)
Monsanto (USA)
DuPont (USA)
Makhteshim Agan (Israel)
Nufarm (Australia)
Sumitomo Chemical (Japan)
Arysta Lifescience (Japan)
Companies
Source: Agrow World Crop Protection News, August 2008
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Industrial Livestock
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Intensive Agriculture
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$0 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1,000 $1,200
Potash Corp (Canada)
Yara (Norway)
Mosaic (USA) (Cargill has 55% stake)
Israel Chemicals Ltd. (Israel)
Agrium (Canada)
K+S Group (Germany)
Sociedad Quimica y Minera (Chile)
Fertilizer Industry2007 Net Income (US$ millions)
Intensive Agriculture
Source: Potash Corp, 2007
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Modern Food Debates
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Taking a long-term historical perspective also provides a new way to illuminate
modern debates about food, such as…
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The Globalization of Food
In modern times food has become a battlefield for other issues,
including trade and development
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Sustainable Agriculture
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OGM Yes, OGM No
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Biofuel Yes
Biofuel No
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Food Poverty
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16.8 %
0
40.4
50.9
0.04 0.04
% by Region
People Living on $1.25 Per Day
East Asia and Pacif ic Latin America and the Caribbean
South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa
Europe and Central Asia Middle East and North Africa
Food Poverty
Source: World Bank
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Food Localism
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Nutrition
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Food’s historical influence can be seen all around us,
and not just in the kitchen, at the dining table or in the supermarket …
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… food choices made in the past have had far-
reaching consequences, and have in unexpected
ways shaped the world in which we now live…
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That food has been such an important ingredient in human affairs might seem strange, but it would be far more surprising if it had not.
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After all, everything that every person has ever
done, throughout history, has literally been
fuelled by food.
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The End