Philip Lymbery

Broschiertes Buch

Farmageddon in Pictures

The True Cost of Cheap Meat - in bite-sized pieces

Beschreibung

Farmageddon: the quiet revolution of mega-farming that is threatening our countryside, farms, and food.

Autor

Philip Lymbery is Chief Executive of the international farm-animal-welfare organisation Compassion in World Farming. He has played a leading role in many major animal welfare reforms, including Europe-wide bans on veal crates for calves and barren battery cages for laying hens. He also spearheaded Compassion's engagement with more than 1,000 food companies worldwide, leading to genuine improvements in the lives of more than two billion farm animals every year. He was appointed an ambassadorial 'Champion' for the UN Food Systems Summit in 2021. A columnist for the Scotsman, his first book, Farmageddon, was listed as a Book of the Year by The Times. His other books are Dead Zone and Sixty Harvests Left. A visiting professor at the University of Winchester, he is also a keen ornithologist.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Trade
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 188mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 583g
• ISBN-13: 9781408873465
• ISBN-10: 140887346X
• Artikelnr.: 46445020

Rezensionen

Lymbery brings to this essential subject the perspective of a seasoned campaigner - he is informed enough to be appalled, and moderate enough to persuade us to take responsibility for the system that feeds us Guardian Book of the Week