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Avocado Anxiety

and Other Stories About Where Your Food Comes From

Louise Gray

Avocado Anxiety
Avocado Anxiety

Avocado Anxiety

and Other Stories About Where Your Food Comes From

Louise Gray

Hardback / bound | English
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Description

A portrait of a food system that has become miraculously proficient at giving us cheap produce whenever we want it but at the expense of so much else.

A portrait of a food system that has become miraculously proficient at giving us cheap produce whenever we want it but at the expense of so much else.

From farmers regenerating their soil and scientists battling a banana pandemic, this is essential reading for anyone interested in the global impacts of what we eat.

In a global food network, there are no black and white answers ... In the meantime, here are some food stories to munch over.

Packed with insight, impeccably researched, and skilfully narrated, this book is attuned to the contradictions and possibilities of the contemporary diet and ripe with appreciation for the visceral importance of plants.

Engaging stories and lively sanity for veg-forward eating in our complicated times.

[Explores] the nuances and complexities in a deeply relatable way.

Essential reading for anyone that eats, Avocado Anxiety takes you on a journey through food and its impact on our planet. Brilliant, just brilliant!

In a quietly confident manner, Avocado Anxiety makes you think for yourself on matters that can only be described as universally urgent. Everyone should read it.’

A fascinating book full of surprising facts that will force you to reconsider everything you thought you knew about fruit and vegetables. Truly, this is food for thought.

Fascinating and informative.

How what we eat every day has an impact on us and on the world, and the ways in which we can eat better ethically and gastronomically.

By turns fascinating, moving and funny, Louise Gray gives readers the knowledge they need to make more informed choices about what to eat.

Gray makes an overwhelming topic digestible. … Avocado Anxiety encourages understanding the science behind one’s food and demonstrates the global impact of every meal.

Gray, a journalist who specializes in food and environmental issues, is not afraid to get her hands dirty… With comprehensive research and intelligent, fair-minded writing, this is an informative, optimistic read.

Each of the stories is an engaging essay written with punch and flair … an intriguing read.

Fascinating … Gray helps us to work out what’s worth worrying about and what’s not.

Louise Gray is a freelance writer based in Scotland. She trained with The Press Association and was a staff writer for The Scotsman. She covered UN climate change talks, GM foods and the badger cull during five years as the Environment Correspondent for The Daily Telegraph. Louise specialises in writing about food, farming and climate change. She has written for The Sunday Times, Scottish Field, the Guardian and The Spectator, among others. She has also appeared on BBC television and radio. Louise is passionate about environmental issues, increasingly focusing on how individuals can make a difference through the choices they make, such as the food we eat. Her first book, The Ethical Carnivore, won best Food Book and Best Investigative Work at the Guild of Food Writers Awards and was shortlisted for the Fortnum and Mason Food Book of the Year. @loubgray / louisebgray.com

Specifications

  • Publisher
    Bloomsbury Wildlife
  • Pub date
    Feb 2023
  • Pages
    288
  • Theme
    WBL
  • Dimensions
    216 x 135 mm
  • EAN
    9781472969637
  • Hardback / bound
    Hardback / bound
  • Language
    English

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