A review by schroedenator
Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them by Dan Saladino

hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

If ever there was a rallying cry for people to fight against the homogenization of food around the world, this is it.  Saladino shares stories from all over the globe about an incredibly wide array of foods that teeter on the edge of extinction. Every kind of food from vegetables, to beverages, to animals and their byproducts, is effected by reduction of number species, and if changes aren’t made the consequences could be catastrophic. 

Despite the grim nature of the subject all hope is not lost. The foods mentioned all have champions, people working to save the biodiversity we’ve lost with globalization and are working to save traditional, diverse foods and production methods. There are many more endangered foods than those mentioned, but this can be inspiration for others to fight to save their own traditional foodways. 

 

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.