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From our hunter-gatherer ancestors to the gargantuan appetites of modern metropolises, from our individual food choices to the monopolies of the agribusiness industry, food has conditioned our bodies and homes, our cities and landscapes, our politics, our economy, our values and our ways of thinking. But in the face of climate change, ecological destruction, the explosion of obesity and famine, food threatens our future. In question ? The low value that our industrial societies place on it, and the growing distance they maintain between producers and consumers. Yet, Carolyn Steel is convinced, food is by far the most powerful means we have to face the difficulties and seize the opportunities of our urban and digital age. By giving it back its fair value, it becomes not only possible to reverse the deleterious effects of which it is the cause, but also to use it as a lever for action and transformation towards a better society, where it would be good to live. Drawing on insights from multiple disciplines – philosophy, history, architecture, literature, politics and science – as well as stories from farmers, designers and economists, Carolyn Steel proposes to redefine our relationship to food, with the new golden rule: “Feed your neighbor as yourself. » Afterword by Bruno Lhoste Translated from English (UK) by Marianne Bouvier “A vital call to rediscover how food connects us to each other and to the natural world, and to reinvent new ways of living together. » The Guardian