Taking its title from a chilling warning made by the United Nations that the world's soils could be lost within a lifetime,Sixty Harvests Left uncovers how the food industry is threatening the planet. Put simply,without soils there will be no food: game over. And time is running out.
From the United Kingdom to Italy,from Brazil to the Gambia to the USA,Philip Lymbery,the internationally acclaimed author of Farmageddon,goes behind the scenes of industrial farming and confronts'Big Agriculture',where mega-farms,chemicals and animal cages are sweeping the countryside and jeopardising the air we breathe,the water we drink,the food we eat and the nature that we treasure.
In his investigations,however,he also finds hope in the pioneers who are battling to bring landscapes back to life,who are rethinking farming methods,rediscovering traditional techniques and developing technologies to feed an ever-expanding global population.
Impassioned,balanced and persuasive,Sixty Harvests Left not only demonstrates why future harvests matter more than ever,but reveals how we can restore our planet for a nature-friendly future.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781526619341Number of pages: 384Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
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'Philip Lymbery pulls no punches in cataloguing the calamitous mistakes we've made in our food system,but he has bold and inspiring solutions to offer,too. It's time for Big Food,and governments everywhere,to act on them.'- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
'Beautifully crafted. A compelling,excoriating account of industrial farming - how it is driving the climate and biodiversity emergencies,while also undermining our health. Full of insights and encounters with pioneers of new ways of farming,Sixty Harvests Left is a call to action - to change our world from the ground up. A vitally necessary book.'- Isabella Tree
'In this beautifully written book,Philip Lymbery describes how intensive agriculture harms the environment and inflicts suffering on sentient animals. But after visiting and talking to those on the front line - scientists,farmers and food providers - he is able to show that there are sustainable alternatives. And that they are working. There is indeed hope for the future of our planet,and each one of us can play a part. I urge you to read Sixty Harvests Left.'- Dr Jane Goodall
'The chilling title is the red flag; the contents,however,lay out all the remedies to save the planet and its species,including ours,and make for absorbing and sometimes terrifying reading. Minutely researched,and written for laymen as well as experts,Sixty Harvests Left deserves to be read world-wide and acted upon immediately. I cannot recommend it highly enough.'- Joanna Lumley
'Powerful,purposeful and persuasive,read Philip Lymbery's book and we know what has to be done. It's simple really,look after the land,farm it sensitively,tread softly on this earth and all can still be well. We need to transform ourselves rapidly. This book is transformative. We must read,mark and learn,fast.'- Michael Morpurgo
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