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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.

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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 %

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40.4

50.9

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% 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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