Michael P. Hoffmann - Our Changing Menu: Climate Change and the Foods We Love and Need

We are deeply indebted to many people for the creation of this book, beginning with the experts who reviewed these pages. They not only saw when we strayed from fact but also noted when we might have strayed from reality. Given the diverse topics in the book, we engaged a wide range of reviewers, from climate scientists to a mixologist. Any errors that remain in the book are ours.

Our reviewers included Rima Al-Azar, Mike Baker, Chris Barrett, Brian Belcher, Gary Bergstrom, Brett Chedzoy, Michael Ciaramella, Jonathan Crane, Karl Czymmek, Art DeGaetano, Sanford Eigenbrode, Ben Faber, Dan Flynn, Brandon Fortenberry, Danny Fox, Tom Gallagher, Grant Gayman, Chris Gerling, Curt Gooch, Alexander Hristov, Jarra Jagne, Pat Johnson, Greg Jones, Kaylyn Kirkpatrick, Glen Koehler, Jordan LeBel, Johannes Lehmann, Karen Lewis, Bruce Linquist, Susan McCouch, Sara McDonald, Asha Miles, John Oliver, Greg Peck, Carlos Prez, Carolyn Peterson, Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Paula Ribeiro Prist, Rick Rhodes, C. Alan Rotz, Earl Rutz, Ernie Shea, Adel Shirmohammadi, Tom Sleight, Timothy Spann, Margaret Smith, Mark Sorrells, Pat Sullivan, Norm Uphoff, Justine Vanden Heuvel, Paul Vossen, David Wolfe, Peter Wright, and Lew Ziska.

We add to this list David Hoffmann and Terry Kristensen, who provided person on the street reviews to help ensure our style and content were appropriate for the intended audience.

Many professionals who contribute to the worlds food supply also agreed to be interviewed for this book. We thank Rima Al-Azar, Shannon Brock, Dan Flynn, Kyle Foley, Jesse Harriott, Jennifer Crist Kohn, Ken Martin, Taylan Morcol, John Oliver, Andres Padilla, Carlos Prez, Pat OToole, Dave Rapaport, Allison Thomson, Tony Turkovich, Steve Train, Krista Tripp, Tom Turini, and Colton Weinstein, all of whom had to come in from the fields or turn their attention from their work to share about their lives and perspectives.

Mike Koplinka-Loehr offered a listening ear and generous heart; Barbara Crooker allowed us to reprint a portion of Ode to Olive Oil; Kathleen Loehr lovingly shared her wisdom; the Lansing Writers Group reviewed two years worth of profiles; and Neel Inamdar described current challenges in US fisheries.

Cornell undergraduate students researched, fact checked, and wrote portions of some chapters. Maeve Anderson prepared drafts of the rice and chocolate topics, and Kalena Bonnier-Cirone drafted the vanilla and potatoes topics. Nancy Engel explored several topics early on.

We are grateful for the remarkable artwork of Lindsey Potoff (Cornell 22), who could take a boring bar graph and depict it visually for all to easily grasp. Her creativity was an enormous help in telling the changing menu story.

Kitty Liu, editorial director for Comstock Publishing at Cornell University Press, gave detailed editorial advice and responses to inquiries from the day we started discussing the book to the final days of going to press. Likewise, Alexis Siemon, acquisitions assistant and Mellon University Press Diversity Fellow at Cornell University Press, was exceptionally helpful.

Alison Fromme edited early drafts of several chapters. Kathleen Kearns, The Book Coach, read every word. She offered insights into the organization and structure of the story, checked for editorial compliance, and helped establish a consistent writing style. Her contributions were immensely helpful. She was an outstanding coach.

Cornell Universitys 2019 Podell Emeriti Award for Research and Scholarship and the Toward Sustainability Foundation provided critical financial support for the research, writing, and editing of Our Changing Menu.

Thank you.