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adriazoe's review against another edition
dark
informative
sad
fast-paced
3.0
Guy was on a high horse, and the prose wasn’t great. But, still pretty interesting and somewhat thought provoking
llamalluv's review against another edition
4.0
Popsugar 2022: 25) A book about a secret
This book was so depressing because it tells all about all the problems with the American food system, and offers no solutions at all. To be clear, it is not the author's job to offer solutions, and there maybe aren't any solutions to the problems that aren't going to cause new, possibly worse problems. It's just depressing. And now I feel bad for liking shrimp.
This book was so depressing because it tells all about all the problems with the American food system, and offers no solutions at all. To be clear, it is not the author's job to offer solutions, and there maybe aren't any solutions to the problems that aren't going to cause new, possibly worse problems. It's just depressing. And now I feel bad for liking shrimp.
dawnpage25's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Very interesting read about the food you eat everyday and where it comes from. So, what does one eat?
madalynn_owens's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
This did a great job of transporting the reader into very specific, detailed real scenarios that the author painstakingly reported on. However I found myself hungering for more information - either because of this single story per step of our groceries from seed to cart or due to most of this reporting being done pre-pandemic
tkind24's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
What great work that went into the the journalism the investigation it went places o didn’t expect i absolutely loved every bit of it and really inspired me to be more mindful and locally eat and continue my dreams of providing fresh local produce to my community
anikoontz's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
informative
fast-paced
4.5
A really good book. A non-fiction that reads fun like a fiction. It has a lot of character. I still will never be able to give non-fiction a 5 bc it didn’t grip me, but it rocked.
purplepierogi's review against another edition
4.0
four horsemen of the apocalypse: trader joe’s, predatory long haul trucking, food safety regulations, and Thai seafood slavery
seriously though, definitely interesting and depressing. clearly missing is any commentary or even a footnote on migrant farm labor practices in the US, but I guess the Thai forced labor (horrific) subsumes some of that musing on how exploitation and human suffering are encoded not only in grocery consumption but essentially all global supply chains and certifications are a balm bought to soothe only consumers’ conscience (new to no one but again immensely depressing).
while a lot of commenters are apparently angry to hear criticism / soap boxing from a self-stylized mud-raking book, I honestly feel like that aspect was fine ?
seriously though, definitely interesting and depressing. clearly missing is any commentary or even a footnote on migrant farm labor practices in the US, but I guess the Thai forced labor (horrific) subsumes some of that musing on how exploitation and human suffering are encoded not only in grocery consumption but essentially all global supply chains and certifications are a balm bought to soothe only consumers’ conscience (new to no one but again immensely depressing).
while a lot of commenters are apparently angry to hear criticism / soap boxing from a self-stylized mud-raking book, I honestly feel like that aspect was fine ?