The New Breadline: Hunger and Hope in the 21st Century

The New Breadline is a powerful book that addresses food insecurity, climate change, and food aid, told from the frontlines of hunger. It highlights the inequity and racism in the humanitarian system and asks who is not at the table when decisions about food are being made.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 07 August 2025
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd

The 2025 Zócalo Book Prize Winner is a remarkable book that will leave a lasting impact long after you finish reading it. Raj Patel, the author of Inflamed, has written a powerful and thought-provoking exploration of the changing face of hunger. The Covid pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine have brought food insecurity to unprecedented levels, even in the West. Climate change is already causing food-related migration, and the world is on the brink of significant shifts in the location of arable land. The New Breadline is a powerful call to action on the issues of food aid, food security, and climate justice, told from the frontlines of hunger. Jean-Martin Bauer's book is a masterful dissection of inequity and racism in the humanitarian system, drawing on his Haitian childhood and his career as an aid worker. He asks a poignant question: when decisions about food are being made, who is not at the table? This book is an urgent, incisive, and compassionate exploration of the human story of hunger.

Weight: 250g
Dimension: 128 x 198 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781800812161
Edition number: Main