Hungry Planet: What the World Eats organized by COPIA, The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts. This fascinating photo essay documenting 30 families from 24 countries provides a thought-provoking analysis of worldwide food consumption. Long known for their coverage of international feature stories and books on world culture, science, and the environment, photojournalist Peter Menzel and writer Faith D’Aluisio investigated food and eating habits around the world, documenting a fascinating exploration of comparative world nutrition. For their study, Menzel and D’Aluisio spent time with typical families in each country, discussing their eating habits, calculating a week’s worth of food purchases, and accompanying families to the market place to document local customs and traditions.

Enhanced by an overview of each country’s environmental conditions and socio-economic status, Hungry Planet uniquely grasps cross-cultural realities, united by one commonality-all humans must eat, but what and how they eat varies wildly. Curriculum that supports this exhibition is available. Curriculum

Sponsored by Kaiser Permanente. Additional support was provided by PG&E, Target, Safeway, and MoAD Members. Public programs and family activities presented in partnership with Eco Village Farm Learning Center.