HOW TO USE THIS ATLAS There are 195 countries in the world Our food adventure starts in North America but you can begin your FARMING FOR FOOD journey on any continent you wish Before you get started follow Aunt Bertha’s tips to experience a variety of foodie destinations IMAGES Images give you a taste of the foods and overall food category of each spread GARDENS AND HERDS From DATES and GRAINS to TROPICAL FRUITS People were raising plants and animals for food in Africa more than 5,000 years ago The ancient Egyptians for example grew grains vegetables and fruits along the Nile River Modern African farmers generally raise a garden and a few animals To feed the continent’s growing population individual governments and international organizations are teaching people how to grow more food on their land plowing the land using oxen in Ethiopia 5 COOL FOODS APPETIZING ATTRACTIONS 1 GARDEN EGG Uganda DESERT FARM Look for rows of leafy green olive trees at the Wadi Food farm outside Cairo Egypt When planting olives in the hot dry Egyptian desert farmers sometimes plant palm trees too to shade the olive trees and cool the air FARM SANCTUARY At Sanctuary Farm at Lake Naivasha Kenya see impalas wildebeests zebras and giraffes grazing alongside dairy cows Farm owners milk their cows while also conserving their lands to protect wildlife SPICE UP YOUR DAY On the island of Zanzibar off Tanzania’s coast tour a spice farm to see vanilla orchids cinnamon coffee cayenne pepper clove and other fragrant plants and maybe take a taste RECORD BREAKER The African Rhino Horn banana plant can grow fruits up to two feet 61 cm long It’s become popular among gardeners as an ornamental plant and those supersize bananas are handy if you’re really hungry Called the garden egg because of its small size and egglike shape this crunchy fruit grows in gardens throughout Africa south of the Sahara It comes in a variety of colors white red lime green pink black and even striped Most garden eggs taste slightly bitter but they can be eaten raw or boiled steamed pickled or added to meat and vegetable stews The fruit is actually an eggplant though it looks more like a tomato 2 HUMPED CATTLE South Sudan What’s that cow with the hump on its back It’s a zebu Zebu cattle are well adapted to tropical countries They were originally from Asia and people brought them to Africa thousands of years ago You’ll recognize a zebu by the big fatty hump over its shoulders Many zebu cattle also have a long fold of skin called a dewlap under their neck Farmers in South Sudan raise zebus for their milk 92 FOOD ICON These icons identify the food category featured on each spread TITLE The book is a collection of double page spreads The headings and subheadings provide a summary and flavor for each spread INTRODUCTION A brief introduction offers an overview of foods ingredients and meals grown and served on the continent APPETIZING ATTRACTIONS Three interesting facts about foods grown or served at specific locations on the continent are listed and described here FUN FACTS Did You Know Record Breaker and Strange But True facts highlight weird wonderful and wacky facts about each food category 5 COOL FOODS These are five ingredients dishes meals or drinks that will give you a flavor of the foods you can experience on each continent Match the numbers on each picture or text block to the orange numbered circles on the map 4
MAP To find the locations mentioned on each page check out the map Each map also shows where land is used for crops versus pasture or production areas related to the different food categories DIGITAL TRAVELER To discover even more about a country’s foods have an adult join you as you use a digital device to investigate and explore different destinations Take photos of the amazing foods you see and taste when you travel 3 MONKEY BREAD Niger The baobab tree grows wild in low lying areas across Africa In Niger people also cultivate this valuable tree The leaves flowers and roots are edible and the fruit sometimes called monkey bread is used to make flour porridge and drinks The name may have come from the fact that monkeys enjoy eating the fruit or that its pulp resembles bread Atlantic Ocean MOROCCO EUROPE TUNISIA Mediterranean Sea 4 AMARANTH Tanzania This leafy green vegetable grows well in East Africa’s moist areas People use the leaves for stir fries or add them raw to salads Some amaranth species are grown for their seeds Boil up the amaranth seeds for a nice hot porridge for breakfast Western Sahara Morocco ALGERIA LIBYA 5 EGYPT Red Sea CABO VERDE MAURITANIA MALI SENEGAL THE GAMBIA GUINEA-BISSAU GUINEA GUINEA BURKINA BURKINA FASO FASO 3 NIGER CHAD SUDAN ERITREA SIERRA LEONE LIBERIA BENIN BENIN NIGERIA NIGERIA TOGO TOGO GHANA GHANA CAMEROON CAMEROON CENTRAL CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC AFRICAN REPUBLIC DJIBOUTI ETHIOPIA ETHIOPIA 2 SOUTH SOUTH SUDAN SUDAN CÔTE D’IVOIRE IVORY COAST EQUATORIAL GUINEA SAO TOME PRINCIPE DIGITAL TRAVELER Peanuts a staple crop in much of West and Central Africa are often called groundnuts Find out where peanuts originated and how they differ from tree nuts such as pecans and walnuts GABON CONGO CONGO Cabinda Angola RWANDA RWANDA DEMOCRATIC DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO ANGOLA ANGOLA ZAMBIA ZAMBIA UGANDA UGANDA KENYA KENYA 1 BURUNDI BURUNDI TANZANIA TANZANIA 4 MALAWI MALAWI SOMALIA Indian Ocean AFRICA SEYCHELLES COMOROS FARMLAND USAGE Pasture Cropland Other land use NAMIBIA NAMIBIA ZIMBABWE ZIMBABWE MOZAMBIQUE BOTSWANA BOTSWANA MAURITIUS Réunion France ESWATINI ESWATINI SWAZILAND SWAZILAND MADAGASCAR SOUTH SOUTH AFRICA AFRICA LESOTHO LESOTHO 5 SORGHUM Egypt This grain cultivated across Africa can be cooked like rice or popped like popcorn It needs less water than wheat or corn Sorghum is used in cooked dishes salads and snacks Ground into flour it is used to make pies cookies and bread 93 RECIPES Within each continent chapter is a Festivals and Feasts spread featuring a simple recipe for you to try To make cooking fun and safe never cook without an adult present Always wash your hands with soap and warm water before and after handling food To prevent accidents tie up your hair dress appropriately take care using knives wear mitts when handling hot food and always turn the handles of pots and pans toward the back of the stove so people don’t bump into them When in doubt or if you have an accident ask for help immediately CONTINENT TAB To select a continent to explore or to keep track of where you are look at the tab on the right hand side of each spread MAP GUIDE Use the map key on each spread to interpret the different areas and symbols on the maps For more information about maps see pages 6 9 MEASUREMENTS In the text measurements are given in U S units and then in metric units The following abbreviations are used C Celsius F Fahrenheit ft feet kg kilograms km kilometers L liters lb pounds m meters mi miles oz ounces AUNT BERTHA Meet Aunt Bertha You’ll find her traveling around the world in her food truck on various pages in this book Count how many times she appears and then check the answer key on page 150 to see if you found them all And don’t forget to read her great food travel tips 5
HOW TO USE THE MAPS Maps give visual information about the world but you have to learn how to read them to understand what they are illustrating The maps in this book show the shape size and position of continents countries and farming regions They also show where on each continent different amounts of selected crops livestock or featured foods are grown All the maps in this book are shown with north at the top Atlantic Ocean WESTERN SAHARA E U ROPE Algiers Tunis Rabat MOROCCO TUNISIA Tripoli Mediterranean Sea ALGERIA LIBYA Cairo EGYPT A R e d S I A S e a CABO VERDE MAURITANIA Nouakchott Dakar THE GAMBIA GUINEA-BISSAU SENEGAL Banjul Bissau GUINEA Bamako Conakry SIERRA LEONE Freetown Yamoussoukro Monrovia LIBERIA MALI BURKINA FASO Niamey Ouagadougou BENIN NIGERIA GHANA Lomé TOGO Porto-Novo Abuja NIGER CHAD SUDAN Khartoum ERITREA Asmara N’Djamena Djibouti Addis Ababa DJIBOUTI SOMALILAND CAMEROON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC SOUTH SUDAN ETHIOPIA SOMALIA Abidjan CÔTE D’IVOIRE IVORY COAST Cotonou Accra EQUATORIAL GUINEA Malabo Yaoundé Bangui Juba UGANDA SAO TOME PRINCIPE Libreville GABON CONGO São Tomé DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO Kampala Kigali Brazzaville Cabinda Angola Kinshasa Luanda ANGOLA KENYA Mogadishu RWANDA BURUNDI Bujumbura Gitega Nairobi Dodoma Indian Ocean Victoria TANZANIA Dar es Salaam SEYCHELLES ZAMBIA Lusaka MALAWI Lilongwe Harare COMOROS Moroni NAMIBIA ZIMBABWE Antananarivo MOZAMBIQUE MAURITIUS Port Louis MADAGASCAR Réunion France Windhoek BOTSWANA Gaborone Pretoria Tshwane Mbabane Lobamba Maputo Bloemfontein SOUTH AFRICA Maseru LESOTHO Cape Town POLITICAL MAP National capital ESWATINI SWAZILAND FARMLAND USAGE Pasture Cropland Other land use Atlantic Ocean MOROCCO E U ROPE TUNISIA Mediterranean Sea Western Sahara Morocco ALGERIA LIBYA EGYPT CABO VERDE MAURITANIA MALI SENEGAL THE GAMBIA GUINEA-BISSAU GUINEA GUINEA BURKINA BURKINA FASO FASO A R e d S I A S e a NIGER CHAD SUDAN ERITREA DJIBOUTI SIERRA LEONE LIBERIA BENIN BENIN NIGERIA NIGERIA TOGO TOGO GHANA GHANA CENTRAL CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC AFRICAN REPUBLIC SOUTH SOUTH SUDAN SUDAN CAMEROON CAMEROON ETHIOPIA ETHIOPIA SOMALIA CÔTE D’IVOIRE IVORY COAST EQUATORIAL GUINEA SAO TOME PRINCIPE GABON CONGO CONGO Cabinda Angola UGANDA RWANDA KENYA KENYA DEMOCRATIC DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO OF THE CONGO BURUNDI BURUNDI TANZANIA TANZANIA Indian Ocean SEYCHELLES ANGOLA ANGOLA MALAWI MALAWI COMOROS ZAMBIA ZAMBIA NAMIBIA NAMIBIA ZIMBABWE ZIMBABWE MOZAMBIQUE BOTSWANA BOTSWANA MAURITIUS Réunion France ESWATINI ESWATINI SWAZILAND SWAZILAND MADAGASCAR SOUTH SOUTH AFRICA AFRICA LESOTHO LESOTHO EXPLORING CONTINENTS The map on the first spread of each chapter is a political map of the continent It shows country boundaries names and national capitals It also shows where to find foodie hot spots featured on the spread FARMING THE LAND In addition to country names and borders the second map in each chapter shows areas where agriculture is possible on the continent Numbers on the maps show where you can find local foods featured on the spread 6
NORTH AMERICA EUROPE ASIA ASIA Red Sea AFRICA SOUTH AMERICA OCEANIA AUSTRALIA ANTARCTICA COMPASS ROSE W N S E NORTH ARROW REPRESENTATIVE FRACTION VERBAL SCALE SCALE 1 4,988,000 1 CENTIMETER 50 KILOMETERS OR 1 INCH 78 7 MILES 0 25 50 100 150 200 0 25 50 KILOMETERS 100 STATUTE MILES 150 200 0 0 600 miles 900 kilometers BAR SCALE CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD Earth’s land area is mainly made up of seven giant landmasses known as continents People have divided the continents into smaller political units called countries Australia is a continent but also a single country There is not a permanent human population on Antarctica so for that reason it is not included in this book SCALE AND DIRECTION The scale on a map may be shown as a fraction or comparison in words A bar scale is a line or bar with measurements that compare distances on the map with those in the real world Maps may have a compass rose or an arrow to indicate north If north is at the top east is to the right west to the left and south is at the bottom Atlantic Ocean MOROCCO EUROPE TUNISIA Mediterranean Sea Western Sahara Morocco ALGERIA LIBYA EGYPT CABO VERDE MAURITANIA SENEGAL THE GAMBIA GUINEA-BISSAU GUINEA SIERRA LEONE MALI BURKINA BURKINA FASO FASO BENIN TOGO NIGERIA NIGERIA LIBERIA GHANA CÔTE D’IVOIRE IVORY COAST NIGER CHAD SUDAN ERITREA DJIBOUTI ETHIOPIA ETHIOPIA SOMALIA CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC SOUTH SOUTH SUDAN SUDAN CAMEROON EQUATORIAL GUINEA SAO TOME PRINCIPE CONGO GABON Cabinda Angola UGANDA KENYA KENYA DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO RWANDA BURUNDI TANZANIA Indian Ocean SEYCHELLES ANGOLA COMOROS ZAMBIA MALAWI ZIMBABWE NAMIBIA BOTSWANA MOZAMBIQUE MAURITIUS Réunion France ESWATINI SWAZILAND MADAGASCAR SOUTH AFRICA LESOTHO CATTLE PRODUCTION Number per square mile number per square kilometer More than 129 50 129 50 or less 0 EUROPE Atlantic Ocean MOROCCO TUNISIA Mediterranean Red Asia Sea Sea Western Sahara Morocco ALGERIA LIBYA EGYPT CABO VERDE MAURITANIA SENEGAL THE GAMBIA GUINEA-BISSAU GUINEA SIERRA LEONE MALI NIGER BURKINA FASO BENIN TOGO NIGERIA ERITREA DJIBOUTI ETHIOPIA CHAD SUDAN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC SOUTH SUDAN LIBERIA GHANA CÔTE D’IVOIRE IVORY COAST CAMEROON EQUATORIAL GUINEA SAO TOME PRINCIPE CONGO GABON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO SOMALIA Indian Ocean SEYCHELLES UGANDA KENYA RWANDA BURUNDI TANZANIA Cabinda Angola MILK PRODUCTION U S tons per acre metric tons per hectare More than 0 1 0 2 0 02 0 1 0 05 0 2 0 01 0 02 0 03 0 05 0 004 0 009 0 01 0 02 Less than 0 004 0 01 No data ANGOLA COMOROS ZAMBIA MALAWI MADAGASCAR MOZAMBIQUE MAURITIUS Réunion France NAMIBIA ZIMBABWE BOTSWANA ESWATINI SWAZILAND SOUTH AFRICA LESOTHO PLANTS AND MEAT Many types of animals are raised for food in specific areas on each continent This map shows the number of cattle raised in these areas Maps featuring plants grown for food show information in this same way MILK AND FISH This map shows the amount of milk produced from cattle goats camels etc in each country on the continent Maps showing the amount of fish caught by each country show information in this same way 7
