Summary Of Where Am I Eating

Kelsey Timmerman's Where Am I Eating? explores how the globalization of food has impacted the lives of both consumers and producers. However, Timmerman's book mainly details how this globalization has impacted the lives of the countless individuals across the globe who produce the food that gets imported to the United States and sold to American consumers. Timmerman's book is written from a slightly unique point of view in that even though he is an American consumer, his extensive travels abroad allow him to write from the various perspectives of food producers across the globe who are usually unheard of and unrecognized by American consumers. Upon looking at the globalization of food from the producer's perspective, one can argue that Timmerman's book illustrates the negative effects that have come from the 'Global North' marginalizing the economic needs - and
However, ending the cycle of poverty caused by the globalization of food will be no easy feat, and this is partly due to the fact that many American consumers are uneducated about the food they eat.
However, before one investigates how the globalization of food affects food producers overseas, I believe that one must first look at consumerism in America. In his book, Timmerman states, "Today, 1.5 billion people eat so much food that it causes them to have health problems…Yet, we have 1 billion people who are starving" (11). Timmerman does not clarify how many people in America are overnourished here; however, data provided from the CDC shows that 70.7% of Americans aged 20 and over are overweight or obese ("Obesity and Overweight"). Thus, one can argue that most Americans tend to indulge in an overconsumption of food, especially in comparison to most individuals living in the poorer 'Global South.' This state of overconsumption in America is not limited to