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EVERYBODY EATS. WE MAY EVEN CONSIDER OURSELVES EXPERTS ON THE TOPIC, OR AT LEAST INSTAGRAM EXPERTS. BUT ARE WE AWARE THAT THE SHRIMP IN OUR FREEZER MAY BE FARMED AND FROZEN IN VIETNAM, THE GRAPES IN OUR FRUIT BOWL SHIPPED FROM CHILE, AND THE COFFEE IN OUR COFFEE MAKER GROWN IN NICARAGUA, ROASTED IN GERMANY, AND DISTRIBUTED IN CANADA? WHETHER WE KNOW IT OR NOT, EVERY TIME WE SHOP FOR FOOD, COOK, AND EAT, WE CONNECT OURSELVES TO COMPLEX SUPPLY NETWORKS, INSTITUTIONS, AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ENABLE OUR FOOD CHOICES. EVEN LOCAVORES MAY NOT KNOW THE WHOLE STORY OF THE PRODUCE THEY BUY AT THE FARMERS MARKET. IN THIS VOLUME IN THE MIT PRESS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE SERIES, FOOD WRITER AND SCHOLAR FABIO PARASECOLI OFFERS A CONSUMER'S GUIDE TO THE FOOD SYSTEM, FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL.