Food is critical. I know, this is the understatement of the day, right? With the world population growing quickly there are more mouths to feed than ever before. We need to manage our food production more efficiently and look for new ways to combat the many threats that we face. Enter the Fate of Food, a book about food production and what needs to be done to ensure that the world’s people continue to get the food they need.This book is loaded with facts and figures about food and I learned many new things as I read about the planet earth and human efforts to produce so much food for so many people. Climate change, increases in technology, improved scientific knowledge- all of these areas and more are covered in the pages of Fate of Food and many of what the book discusses and the facts uncovered will surprise the average reader.What I like best about Fate of Food is that it takes an optimistic but at the same time, realistic approach to the problems and challenges that lie ahead. This is not a doomsday type book, and I am grateful for that. It doesn’t predict mass starvation and the elimination of the human race due to lack of sufficient food quantities on a planet that is ever- changing and less predictable in terms of climate. No, the book instead stresses its confidence that science will continue to advance and we will continue to find new and better ways to manage food production so that, in the end, our caloric needs will be met. It could be through advancements in GMO- which the book stresses have been shown to be safe, at least for now- or through shifting of crop production, or some other means.Fate of Food has a humanistic side which many readers will like. It introduces the reader to people and societies around the world and the challenges they face when it comes to growing food, raising livestock, etc. The author travels the globe and meets with many of these people, then shares what the experience was like. This made the book even more readable and more enjoyable, as you get to know people from across the globe and experience the challenges they face.Food and water are necessary for human survival and the Fate of Food is an excellent educational guide, demonstrating what we are up against as the planet continues to evolve and the population continues to swell. It’s a very handy and enjoyable book about the problem of food and what needs to be done to ensure we all get the sustenance we need.