The End of Food

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• Nothing to Eat

  Paul Roberts’s prophetic and well-received 2004 book, “The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World,” anticipated the current energy crisis. Now he’s moved on to what we put in our mouths. Roberts’s new book, “The End of Food,” which takes int ... (read full critics)

  nytimes published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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  A thoughtful, balanced and well-researched book about how unsustainable our current food production methods are. Roberts doesn't offer simple answers to such a complex problem, but he does suggest that neither government nor industry alone is likely to prevent a major food crisis, and that the onus ... (continue)

  A thoughtful, balanced and well-researched book about how unsustainable our current food production methods are. Roberts doesn't offer simple answers to such a complex problem, but he does suggest that neither government nor industry alone is likely to prevent a major food crisis, and that the onus is really on individual citizens and consumers to make a difference.

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  A must read

  A great companion piece to Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food.

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• English Books
• Paperback 416 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0747588813
• ISBN-13: 9780747588818
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Pub date: Mar 03, 2008
• Dimensions: 1484 mm x 968 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover and Others

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