In defense of food biodiversity - Bernard Lavallée

Our plates have never seemed so varied and our grocery stores so overflowing. But could it be that behind this abundance lies a global loss of food biodiversity, all the more pernicious because it goes unnoticed?

This is precisely what has preoccupied Bernard Lavallée for years, for whom food represents our most fundamental link with nature. And nature is not doing well. The erosion of ecosystems is accelerating, as is the loss of food biodiversity, one of the pillars of nutrition, the author reminds us.

A great nostalgic, our urban nutritionist wanted to understand how foods prized by generations of humans could suddenly disappear, but above all, what could have caused their extinction and why this should alarm us.

Without ever losing his refreshing humor, he retraces five major moments in our food history and their effects on the diversity of our diet. Captivating portraits of foods once abundant but now extinct accompany his observations, serving as examples of what could happen to the plants and animals we consume today.

A compelling way to make us want to protect what can still be protected.