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The History of Food

2018

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EP1 The Invention of Cooking Nov 15, 2018

Humans have depended on fire for millennia, but do we fully understand the impact it has had on our diet? When our hunter-gatherer ancestors learned to harness this tool, it ignited a culinary and cerebral revolution believed to be one of the most important factors in our evolution.

EP2 The Agricultural Revolution Nov 15, 2018

From the first row of planted crops, the practice of agriculture rendered man's hunter-gatherer lifestyles obsolete in favor of settled life and stable food supplies. This led to a skyrocketing population and enabled humans to develop skills outside of gathering the food needed to survive.

EP3 Fermentation, Preservation and Exploration Nov 15, 2018

Just as humans have always sought food to survive, we have also sought the means to preserve that food. Right from the very moment of a kill or a harvest, food begins to break down. With preservation, we can plan for times of scarcity during times of plenty.

EP4 The Industry of Food Nov 15, 2018

Industrialization brought the second great food revolution. Over the brief span of the 20th century, agriculture underwent greater change than it had since it was first practiced some 12,000 years ago.

EP5 The Future of Food Nov 15, 2018

Industrialized and processed food has dominated the last century. Now, the question is, what's next? We go around the world to meet pioneers in urban farming, veganism, and insect protein production to find out what will be the future of food.
7.2| 0h30m| en
Synopsis

Go back in time to our earliest hunter-gatherer beginnings all the way to the future of seed storage and food production.

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Roller Coaster Road Productions

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Nonureva Really Surprised!
Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good
Teringer An Exercise In Nonsense
Joanna Mccarty Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

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