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The History of Food
The History of Food
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The History of Food

7.0 / 10
2018
1 season
5 episodes
Documentary

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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The History of Food

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Cast

Toby Ricketts

Seasons

  • The Invention of Cooking

    1.The Invention of Cooking

    15-11-201830m

    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 ignite...

  • The Agricultural Revolution

    2.The Agricultural Revolution

    15-11-201834m

    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...

  • Fermentation, Preservation and Exploration

    3.Fermentation, Preservation and Exploration

    15-11-201834m

    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...

  • The Industry of Food

    4.The Industry of Food

    15-11-201828m

    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 s...

  • The Future of Food

    5.The Future of Food

    15-11-201832m

    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...

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