Includes bibliographical references and index.

A taste of things to come -- Killing fields -- Seeds of drought -- RoboCrop -- Sensor sensibility -- Altitude adjustment -- Tipping the scales -- Meat hooked -- Stop the rot -- Pipe dreams -- Desperate measures -- Antiquity now -- What rough feast -- Epilogue : growing up.

"In this fascinating look at the race to secure the global food supply, environmental journalist and professor Amanda Little tells the defining story of the sustainable food revolution as she weaves together stories from the world's most creative and controversial innovators on the front lines of food science, agriculture, and climate change".