Tristram Stuart writes environmental and food-system non-fiction about waste, consumption and the history of ideas around eating. Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal follows discarded food through farms, manufacturers, supermarkets, restaurants and households, comparing waste in affluent economies with losses caused by weak storage and transport systems elsewhere. The Bloodless Revolution takes a different route, tracing the history of vegetarian thought from early modern encounters with Indian traditions through European religious, philosophical and political debates. Stuart's books combine reporting, historical research and argument, with concrete examples used to show how food choices connect to land use, hunger and environmental pressure. The books belong broadly to sustainability, food policy and environmental history. Waste gives the clearest introduction to contemporary readers because it follows a familiar commodity through the entire supply chain; The Bloodless Revolution is more historical and better suited to readers interested in vegetarianism as an intellectual and cultural movement. Read more Less
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