I just finished a wonderful book called English Pastoral - An Inheritance, by James Rebanks. He's a farmer in northern England. He explains what happened to farming in the modern age (think 1950s to today) and how it has affected the land and the food. Although the book is set in England, he spends time in the USA and learns about our farming practices (good and bad). The book doesn't vilify farmers, but it does lay out the reasons why things got so bad. I highly recommend it to get a glimpse into what farming actually entails, the pressures on farmers to continually produce higher yields, and what it is doing to the land and our food sources. Spoiler alert - there is hope!
Thank you so much for this. I am currently reading a book by an author I normally have a lot of time for about the new weight loss drugs. Sadly in this case, it seems like he's going down the all the usual OUR FOOD IS NOW POISON paths. Although I haven't read the whole thing, so I am hoping he redeems himself in the rest of it.
I just finished a wonderful book called English Pastoral - An Inheritance, by James Rebanks. He's a farmer in northern England. He explains what happened to farming in the modern age (think 1950s to today) and how it has affected the land and the food. Although the book is set in England, he spends time in the USA and learns about our farming practices (good and bad). The book doesn't vilify farmers, but it does lay out the reasons why things got so bad. I highly recommend it to get a glimpse into what farming actually entails, the pressures on farmers to continually produce higher yields, and what it is doing to the land and our food sources. Spoiler alert - there is hope!
Thank you so much for this. I am currently reading a book by an author I normally have a lot of time for about the new weight loss drugs. Sadly in this case, it seems like he's going down the all the usual OUR FOOD IS NOW POISON paths. Although I haven't read the whole thing, so I am hoping he redeems himself in the rest of it.
Loathe the "wellness" industry. It's a massive grift.