This book paints an encompassing picture of food. Ignorance feels secure with meals on the table, but links directly to human wellbeing and the planet s resources. Even while the food products of the modern diet had its constituent natural parts processed beyond recognition, the origin of what people eat is not some theoretical subject. It is the force that shapes ideas and choices on eating. Greater understanding of the relationship to this daily essential can only be obtained against the background of the global food situation and how consumers are directly impacted by developments in agriculture. Humankind is not impervious to pesticides, fertilizers and livestock drugs that only act in perceived rural isolation. Genetically modified foods have comprehensively infiltrated the food system without disclosure of the established medical, environmental and evolutionary impacts of these novel creations. The organic food culture is not here to cater to the craze of a marginalized impractical few, but a viable and obligatory transformation to ensure future food security. We need to recover the connection between eating and earth. The worst we have to gain from information and awareness is a rediscovery of the gratification from real food, reverence for our bodies and the planet and with a bit of luck a desire to plant something edible.