Publisher's Synopsis
The Fishmeal Revolution explores industrialization along the South American coast as fishmeal producers pulverized and exported unprecedented volumes of marine proteins in order to satisfy the growing taste for meat among affluent consumers in the global North. A relentless drive to maximize profits from the sea occurred at the same time that Peru and Chile grappled with the challenge, and potentially devastating impact, of environmental uncertainty. In her exciting new book, Kristin Wintersteen offers a important history and critique of the science and policy that shaped the global food industry.