This fascinating glimpse at what the world eats is taken from the book Hungry Planet by photojournalist Peter Menzel and writer Faith Aluisio.
Germany
The book is a photographic record of families from around the world, revealing what they eat during the course of one week and begging the question of what is a sustainable diet.
Each family is photographed surrounded by a weeks worth of groceries with a description of their purchases, the price in their local currency and the equivalent price in dollars.
Chad
China
Egypt
Kuwait
Japan
Ecuador
America
Mongolia
Great Britain
Published in 2005, Hungry Planet offers an insight into circumstances and consumerism, but we don’t suggest you go out and buy it – instead, see if it’s available from the local library or on your favourite book-swapping site.
If you do want to buy it, Hungry Planet is priced at £27.49 for the hardback version
(photos reproduced with kind permission of the publisher)
No recommended reading.
3 comments… read them below or add yours now
What strikes me most in these photos, apart from the quantity and type of food consumed, is the amount of packaging on the food in so-called developed countries compared to that in the poorer countries. As we get more affulent we need more packaging??!
I agree with Katy. I believe if the more “developed” countries would eat more whole foods we could use less resources (packaging and processing) AND be healthier!
Thank you for another informative post!
@Katy: yeah, I noticed that – quite striking, isn’t it.
@Wendy: Welcome to Green Pepper! Wholefoods, as you point out, require less packaging and processing, and really are healthier. Thanks for sharing your views with us.