Uncertain Harvest
The Future of Food on a Warming Planet

This is a well researched book by three Canadian scholars on 8 foods that could be instrumental in feeding the planet as our population continues to grow and our climate continues to change. It discusses foods that are important for one reason or another like millet, kale, crickets and caribou. I ap......more

This was a fascinating and comprehensive insight into global food chains and the necessity of ensuring that food supplies are secure in the future of a constantly expanding world. This book covered a lot of angles, and it made me very damn happy to be a vegan when I read the segment on the sushi sho......more

This definitely isn't a light read, and if it hadn't been for Read Harder, I probably wouldn't have been brave enough to tackle it. But it's really important, and has a Canadian focus that I appreciated. The value of the book is in its collaborative format - these three authors with different backgr......more

This book was a great blend of interdisciplinary knowledge and effort that it is going to take for the world to prevail against the climate crisis. I found it terrifying to learn that the First People and Indigenous tribes in Canada are already experiencing the brutal changes to our climate, but it......more

Such a good book! I loved the focus on Canada's agricultural practices, so often in research, we get lumped in with our neighbours to the south, so this was especially refreshing.......more