100 things to know about food

This book presents 100 facts about food production, science, and consumption, covering topics such as laboratory-grown meat, agriculture, pollination, and food systems. Information is organized in short entries accompanied by infographic-style illustrations. The volume includes a glossary, an index,...

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Main Authors: Baer, Sam (Author), Frith, Rachel (Author), Hall, Rose (Author), James, Alice (Editor) (Author), Martin, Jerome (Writer of children's books) (Author)
Other Authors: Mariani, Federico, 1974- (Illustrator), Polo, Parko (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: London, UK : Usborne Publishing Limited, 2025.
Series:100 things to know about
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Summary:This book presents 100 facts about food production, science, and consumption, covering topics such as laboratory-grown meat, agriculture, pollination, and food systems. Information is organized in short entries accompanied by infographic-style illustrations. The volume includes a glossary, an index, and links to selected websites for further exploration, supporting additional learning and reference use.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:127 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN:9781836052296
1836052294
Author Notes:Alice James (Author)
Alice James joined Usborne after working in primary schools for a while. She absolutely loves science, and over the years has lived with chimps, spent a month in the rainforest, studied Biology at Oxford University, and grown 200 carnivorous plants (not necessarily in that order). Whilst at Usborne Alice has worked on books on all kinds of science topics, from space to energy to the periodic table.

Jerome Martin (Author)
Jerome Martin has written children's books about science, history, Shakespeare and food. Before joining Usborne in 2014, he spent a decade studying literature at Harvard, Cambridge and the University of Iowa, and several years behaving responsibly in a copywriting office. Now, he spends his working hours researching delightful and amazing facts, his evening hours parenting two children, and the minutes in-between writing poetry.

Sam Baer (Author)
Sam Baer grew up on the tiny island of Jersey before setting off on adventures in not-quite-so-tiny England. Since 2011, he's been writing books about everything from imps and elves to Victorian fashion. It's a dream job - almost as good as being a superhero.

Rachel Firth (Author)
Rachel spent 11 years studying and teaching philosophy at the universities of London and Oxford before joining Usborne. Since then she has written books on subjects ranging from knights, to food, to philosophy, as well as retelling folk stories, and writing children's versions of numerous novels.

Rose Hall (Author)
Rose grew up in Northumberland, studied Physiology at Oxford and looked after orphaned orangutans for a bit. She worked in the charity sector for ten years, writing about issues from renewable energy, to the safety of workers in Bangladesh. For Usborne, she's written books about engineering, business, computers and the environment.