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'A stark, challenging and compelling book’
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A shocking and highly readable expose of the state of the food production industry in Britain today. Felicity Lawrence will take some of the most popular foods we eat at home to show how the food industry in Britain causes ill health, environmental damage, urban blight, starving smallholders in Africa and Asia, and illegal labourers smuggled and exploited in Britain.
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A thought provoking and well researched book. I thought I had some idea about how supermarkets operate and how our food is produced, but I didn't know the half of it. Read this book (then lend it to everyone you know), ponder its contents for a while and I am sure you will change your shopping habits. Too many of us are shopping in supermarkets and giving them the power to dictate their own terms. It is clear that they do not have consumers or food producers interests at heart. This book has encouraged me to question where my food has come from, how it has been produced and whether or not I want to buy it.
I've gone right off chicken (only organic and free range from now on), I've eaten my last ready meal, I think I'm going to try baking my own bread, definately Fair Trade bananas and coffee from now on and I've just taken over an allotment to grow some of my own fruit and veg. Its time to start enjoying good locally produced and carefully reared/grown food again.
I've gone right off chicken (only organic and free range from now on), I've eaten my last ready meal, I think I'm going to try baking my own bread, definately Fair Trade bananas and coffee from now on and I've just taken over an allotment to grow some of my own fruit and veg. Its time to start enjoying good locally produced and carefully reared/grown food again.
33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The Labour Government, and Opposition for that matter, should be locked in a windowless room until they have all read this book. Once read, you will walk through the likes of Tescos and Sainsburys, Asda and Sommerfield with a heavy heart. Macdonalds is not quite the be all and end all of ogres portrayed by Fast Food Nation because in the end we all have a choice not to eat there. Increasingly, however, we do not have the choice as to where we buy our food. I for one am digging up the lawn and growing my own.
42 of 43 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is essential reading for anyone who shops regularly in a supermarket. This book made me think about all sorts of things that I had never considered before - like why cheap offers in supermarkets can be so cheap. I have changed my shopping and eating habits considerably since reading this book. Ilook at ingredients lists much more carefully and with more knowledge of what lies behind strange words on labels. The more people who read this book, the more we can make a difference to food supply, production, and health.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Eye opening
Great book if you want to find out what you are actually eating but be prepared to feel uncomfortable and conflicted at your next meal! Read more
Published 5 months ago by A. Hobson
Read this, and maybe have a stiff drink afterwards
Very hard going, very full on and very full of the facts, figures and social debris resulting from the fast profit gaining supermarkets at the expense of everyone else including... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Bobby Moon
This book should be mandatory to read in school
Everyone should read this book.
It is one of those books that really opens your horizon and makes you think about what you buy.
It is one of those books that really opens your horizon and makes you think about what you buy.
Published 10 months ago by jesperwithaj
Frightening but true
The true story of what goes into your trolley when doing the shopping...
The book is well written, clear and full of data and evidence, unfortunately it seems impossibile not... Read more
The book is well written, clear and full of data and evidence, unfortunately it seems impossibile not... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Eleonora
Its like discovering a secret new world
This book should be read by everyone. Especially those living in the western world. The author gives a unique insight into the world of food. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Dec
Good, but needs update
I bought this book some years ago and found it had a huge effect on the way I thought about the food I was buying and where it was coming from. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Emma W
A must read for all
A very interesting book, which is a must read for all.
As a society we no longer know where, who or how our food is produced and supplied. Read more
As a society we no longer know where, who or how our food is produced and supplied. Read more
Published 16 months ago by James Branscombe
A must read for anyone wanting to know the story behind their food
This book is amazing and I recommend it to everyone who is interested in food. Felicty Lawerence is one of my food heros, and she works tirelessly to research, uncover and... Read more
Published 16 months ago by AmyBeeton
A little dated
This book is interesting, but a lot of the information is clearly rather outdated. A pity there doesn't seem to be another more up to date version.
Published on 26 Oct 2009 by J. ROBERTS-WRAY
Not on the label
A Very thought provoking read, however at times the slant of the opinion is not central. I would recommend this to some of my friends and family, but not all.
Published on 1 May 2009 by C. Yearwood
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