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The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket by Benjamin Lorr

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emily_pns's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.75

Amazingly well researched and surpr singly human, despite the heaps of facts and figures thrown at the reader. Such an eye opening read. Wish some more points could have been made to address the consumers role in this system.
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kek513's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.5

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elizabeth_1898's review against another edition

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Too much animal cruelty for no purpose 
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wicalpickle's review against another edition

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dark funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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phoebemurtagh's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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rebrice's review against another edition

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funny informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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pvbobrien's review against another edition

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challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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mari_books's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

I listened to the audio book, which I think kept me far more interested than I would have been in the book itself. Great journalism, and I appreciated how he took the reader through various stages in the grocery processes. My only critique is that right here in the US we have agricultural slavery, abuses and a migrant crisis - I would have loved to see the author look into for example strawberries instead of Thailand (though I was very interested in that story as well). Additionally, the author sometimes used pretty unflattering descriptions for their subjects which I felt to be kind of unneeded and a weird pot-shot at times. I don’t know if I would recommend this to anyone but it was good, nothing super unique I have to say 
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jhbandcats's review

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5.0

This is an extraordinarily powerful book about Americans’ insatiable desire for high quality, low cost, and convenient food, and the paths it takes in its way into our kitchens. Parts were so appalling and horrific it made me think I should never eat again - the costs in human misery and environmental damage are just too high. 

Benjamin Lorr is clever and witty, and his research is detailed and in-depth. He worked on this book for five years, working at grocery stores, interviewing titans of grocery industry, riding with long-haul truckers moving food from warehouse to grocery hub, and travelling to Southeast Asia to witness the effects of human trafficking and slavery in the shrimp farming business. At no point whatsoever did my attention lag - this book is compelling from beginning to end. 

This book should be required reading for any American who buys food. Really truly. 
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mlewis's review

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4.5

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