{"product_id":"sixty-harvests-left-how-to-reach-a-nature-friendly-future-by-philip-lymbery","title":"Sixty Harvests Left: How to Reach a Nature-Friendly Future by Philip Lymbery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSixty Harvests Left\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enot only reveals how industrial farming is ruining our soils but shows how we can adapt to restore the planet for a nature-friendly future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking its title from a chilling warning made by the United Nations that the world's soils could be lost within a lifetime, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSixty Harvests Left\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the United Kingdom to Italy, from Brazil to the Gambia to the USA, Philip Lymbery, the internationally acclaimed author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFarmageddon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImpassioned, balanced and persuasive, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSixty Harvests Left\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003enot only demonstrates why future harvests matter more than ever, but reveals how we can restore our planet for a nature-friendly future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePhilip Lymbery\u003c\/strong\u003e is chief executive of the international farm-animal-welfare organisation Compassion in World Farming. In a position he has held since 2005, he has played a leading role in many major animal welfare reforms, including Europe-wide bans on veal crates for calves and barren battery cages for laying hens. He was appointed an ambassadorial 'Champion' for the UN Food Systems Summit in 2021. He has also spearheaded Compassion in World Farming's engagement with more than 1,000 food companies worldwide, leading to genuine improvements in the lives of more than two billion farm animals every year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA columnist for the \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eScotsman\u003c\/span\u003e, his first book, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFarmageddon\u003c\/span\u003e, was listed as a Book of the Year by \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Times.\u003c\/span\u003e A visiting professor at the University of Winchester, he is also a keen ornithologist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A book of urgency but also of hope, as Lymbery shares solutions to save us' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eChris Packham\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'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' \u003cstrong\u003eHugh Fearnley-Whittingstall\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePaperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJune 08, 2023\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54541784154422,"sku":"9781526619341-New","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/2301\/7526\/files\/ce4413b0da179eedf11cc9a8c3b2184adf3cb27b1c0c5e4d26f58b5755411ce1.jpg?v=1789066695","url":"https:\/\/www.summerbeambooks.com\/products\/sixty-harvests-left-how-to-reach-a-nature-friendly-future-by-philip-lymbery","provider":"Summer Beam Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}