Jessica Fanzo is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor and the director of the Global Food Ethics and Policy Program at Johns Hopkins University. She previously held positions at Columbia University, the Earth Institute, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the UN World Food Programme, Bioversity International, and the Millennium Development Goal Centre at the World Agroforestry Center in Kenya. She is a frequent contributor to media outlets including NPR, the New York Times, Reuters, and the Wall Street Journal.

"The author explores the interactions among food systems, diets, human health, and the climate crisis. Drawing on decades of hands-on research projects in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, she describes how food systems must evolve to promote healthy, sustainable, and equitable diets"--