The Rise and Fall of Food Empires
Empires of Food: Feast, Famine, and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
by Evan D. G. Fraser and Andrew Rimas
–Reviewed by Erica E. Phillips
Over millennia of human history, great societies have flourished when individuals were freed from the burden of cultivating their own food. Great minds developed new theories in political philosophy, earth sciences, and mathematics; they explored unknown land and extraterrestrial spaces; they sculpted, painted frescoes, and constructed iconic architecture. Steadied by an infrastructure authors Evan D. G. Fraser and Andrew Rimas call a “food empire,” humanity has leapt …
