{"product_id":"food-in-a-just-world-compassionate-eating-in-a-time-of-climate-change-hardback-9781509554010","title":"Food in a Just World; Compassionate Eating in a Time of Climate Change (Hardback) 9781509554010","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFood in a Just World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCompassionate Eating in a Time of Climate Change\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTracey Harris (Author), Terry Gibbs (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509554010, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 December 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.5 x 3 cm, 0.544 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“While providing a rigorous critique of the global food system and its exploitative, violent, and ecologically destructive trajectory, this book takes the reader on a unique journey towards a hopeful future, one where humans can live in harmony with nature and other species.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eVandana Shiva, Founder of Navdanya, and author of \u003ci\u003eWho Really Feeds the World?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A radically new approach to uncovering and understanding the contemporary food crisis, from a deeply personal and deeply critical perspective. The authors show what food justice and a compassionate food system could look like, and how it is being constructed around the world.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAvi Chomsky, Salem State University, and author of \u003ci\u003eIs Science Enough? Forty Critical Questions About Climate Justice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An up-to-the-minute introduction to issues of class, race, gender, and species in what we eat, as well as to how larger issues of economics and capitalism affect workers in the meat industry. Whether you eat meat or not, the book convincingly argues that these issues demand serious attention.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarion Nestle, New York University, and author of \u003ci\u003eFood Politics\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eFood in a Just World \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a worthy successor and update to Lappé’s classic [\u003ci\u003eDiet for a Small Planet\u003c\/i\u003e]. […] Their analysis offers a new way to understand how the personal is political and the political is personal.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFood in a Just World\u003c\/i\u003e examines the violence, social breakdown, and environmental consequences of our global system of food production, distribution, and consumption, where each step of the process is built on some form of exploitation. While highlighting the broken system’s continuities from European colonialism, the authors argue that the seeds of resilience, resistance, and inclusive cultural resurgence are already being reflected in the day-to-day actions of communities around the world. Calling for urgent change, the book looks at how genuine democracy would give individuals and communities meaningful control over the decisions that impact their lives when seeking to secure humanely this most basic human need.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on the perspectives of advocates, activists, workers, researchers, and policymakers, Harris and Gibbs explore the politics of food in the context of capitalist globalization and the climate crisis, uncovering the complexities in our relationships with one another, with other animals, and with the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 – Food Justice Needs a Just World: Confronting Structural Violence Against Land, Humans, and Nonhuman Animals\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 – Capitalist Dreams and Nightmares: Food Systems, the Animal-Industrial Complex, and Climate Disruption\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 – Working in Hell: Labor in the Industrial Production of Animals as Food\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4 – What If We Really Are What We Eat?: Challenging a Colonial-Capitalist Diet\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5 – The Upside Down: The Hidden World of Nonhuman Animals as Food\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6 – Towards a Compassionate Food System\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Agriculture \u0026amp; farming [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Agriculture \u0026amp; farming\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Agriculture%20\u0026amp;%20farming%20%5BTV%5D%22\"\u003eTV\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441812271384,"sku":"9781509554010","price":46.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509554010.jpg?v=1785026639","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/food-in-a-just-world-compassionate-eating-in-a-time-of-climate-change-hardback-9781509554010","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}