Philip Lymbery

Farmageddon (eBook, ePUB)

The True Cost of Cheap Meat

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The quiet revolution of mega-farming that is threatening our countryside, farms and food.
'This eye-opening book . . . deserves global recognition' Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
'Devastating . . . demands reading and deserves the widest possible audience' Joanna Lumley
'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

Farm animals have been disappearing from our fields as the production of food has become a global industry. We no longer know for certain what is entering the food chain and what we are eating. We are reaching a tipping point as the farming revolution threatens our countryside, health and the quality of our food wherever we live in the world.

From the antibiotics routinely given to industrially farmed animals to the chemicals that are killing our insect populations, Farmageddon is a fascinating and terrifying investigative journey behind the closed doors of a runaway industry across the world - from Europe to the USA, from China to Latin America. It is both a wake-up call to change our current food production and eating practices, and an attempt to find a way to a better farming future.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781408846421
• Artikelnr.: 40344558

Autorenporträt

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.