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Sixty harvests left, how to reach a nature-friendly future, Philip Lymbery

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

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non fiction

Sixty harvests left

bibliography

Philip Lymbery

how to reach a nature-friendly future

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

Part one. Summer -- Black gold -- A tale of two cows -- Sixty harvests left -- Part two. Autumn -- The march of the mega-farm -- Chain reaction -- A land without animals -- Climate crisis -- Will insects save us? -- When oceans run dry -- Part three. Winter -- The Dust Bowl Era -- Celebrity food villains -- Pandemics on our plate -- Business with boundaries -- Saving ourselves -- Part four. Spring -- Regeneration -- Rethinking protein -- Rewilding -- Epilogue

60 harvests left