num_pages: 320
description: 'I ask that if you were to read one nonfiction book this year please make it this one.'Readings MonthlyThere is no farmers and others. If you eat or wear clothes the decisions you make influence farming.There is no farmers and others. If you eat or wear clothes the decisions you make influence farming.Eaters will be the ultimate arbiter of where and how food is grown and how the land is cared for  We all have a stake in the future of food and farming. I am going to show you why.Farming sits at the intersection of the worlds biggest challenges around climate change soil water energy natural disasters and zoonotic diseases. Yet Australia has no national food policy. No national agriculture strategy. Our water policy is close to the Hunger Games. People with means can shop at farmers markets and order brunch by the provenance of their eggs bacon butter tomatoes and greens. But do they really understand the trade-offs required to grow it?In this book Gabrielle Chan examines the past present and future of farming with her characteristically forensic eye. She lays out how our nation its leaders farmers and eaters can usher in new ways for us to work and live on our unique and precious land. We must forge a new social contract if we are to grow healthy food on a thriving landscape while mitigating climate and biodiversity loss.This important book will change your thinking about food farming and how you eat.
language: English
title: Why You Should Give A Fuck About Farming
publisher: Penguin Random House