Andrew Francis is a writer, community theologian, and former executive vice-chair of the UK Mennonite Trust. His doctorate (Princeton Theological Seminary) examined how religious communities use food and eat together. He is a published poet, and author of 'Hospitality and Community After Christendom' (2012).

What in God's Name are you Eating? might both help us to keep hold of a vision of a more sustainable future and provide a practical manual for the taking of some positive personal initiatives ... As this book consistently reminds us, Just one step starts a journey. Finishing the book, I looked hard at my lunch before me on the table. After eating with a little more awareness of the bigger processes that led to the placing of that food before me, I got up from the table resolving, in fact, to re-establish my own rectory vegetable garden. Aspiration had become application - and that's what we need now to carry us forward.

• AcknowledgementsPART ONE: INTRODUCTION1. Four Snapshots and a Question2. Cooking Up a StormPART TWO: THE NATURE OF OUR CHALLENGE3. Global Concerns4. Discipleship's DemandPART THREE: THE BIG ISSUES5. Water, Water, Everywhere6. Food Miles, Free-Range, and Animal Welfare7. The Big Meat Debate8. Cereal Killers and Genetic Modification9. Free Trade, Fair Trade, Fair Prices, Fare Labels10. Self-Sufficiency, Simplicity, and Grow Your Own11. The End of the Line . . .PART FOUR: CHANGING THE WORLD12. Start Here13. Developing a Global Strategy14. ConclusionsBibliography

Andrew Francis is a writer, community theologian, and former executive vice-chair of the UK Mennonite Trust. His doctorate (Princeton Theological Seminary) examined how religious communities use food and eat together. He is a published poet, and author of 'Hospitality and Community After Christendom' (2012).

What in God's Name are you Eating? might both help us to keep hold of a vision of a more sustainable future and provide a practical manual for the taking of some positive personal initiatives ... As this book consistently reminds us, Just one step starts a journey. Finishing the book, I looked hard at my lunch before me on the table. After eating with a little more awareness of the bigger processes that led to the placing of that food before me, I got up from the table resolving, in fact, to re-establish my own rectory vegetable garden. Aspiration had become application - and that's what we need now to carry us forward.

• AcknowledgementsPART ONE: INTRODUCTION1. Four Snapshots and a Question2. Cooking Up a StormPART TWO: THE NATURE OF OUR CHALLENGE3. Global Concerns4. Discipleship's DemandPART THREE: THE BIG ISSUES5. Water, Water, Everywhere6. Food Miles, Free-Range, and Animal Welfare7. The Big Meat Debate8. Cereal Killers and Genetic Modification9. Free Trade, Fair Trade, Fair Prices, Fare Labels10. Self-Sufficiency, Simplicity, and Grow Your Own11. The End of the Line . . .PART FOUR: CHANGING THE WORLD12. Start Here13. Developing a Global Strategy14. ConclusionsBibliography

Andrew Francis is a writer, community theologian, and former executive vice-chair of the UK Mennonite Trust. His doctorate (Princeton Theological Seminary) examined how religious communities use food and eat together. He is a published poet, and author of 'Hospitality and Community After Christendom' (2012).

What in God's Name are you Eating? might both help us to keep hold of a vision of a more sustainable future and provide a practical manual for the taking of some positive personal initiatives ... As this book consistently reminds us, Just one step starts a journey. Finishing the book, I looked hard at my lunch before me on the table. After eating with a little more awareness of the bigger processes that led to the placing of that food before me, I got up from the table resolving, in fact, to re-establish my own rectory vegetable garden. Aspiration had become application - and that's what we need now to carry us forward.

• AcknowledgementsPART ONE: INTRODUCTION1. Four Snapshots and a Question2. Cooking Up a StormPART TWO: THE NATURE OF OUR CHALLENGE3. Global Concerns4. Discipleship's DemandPART THREE: THE BIG ISSUES5. Water, Water, Everywhere6. Food Miles, Free-Range, and Animal Welfare7. The Big Meat Debate8. Cereal Killers and Genetic Modification9. Free Trade, Fair Trade, Fair Prices, Fare Labels10. Self-Sufficiency, Simplicity, and Grow Your Own11. The End of the Line . . .PART FOUR: CHANGING THE WORLD12. Start Here13. Developing a Global Strategy14. ConclusionsBibliography