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teas_tales_toebeans's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
rsr143's review against another edition
4.0
Phenomenal: gut wrenching and illuminating
I don’t know what I expected, after all this is a book about supermarkets! I loved the authors prior book about yoga, and gave this a shot. Wow, this is a far deeper and more personal a book than I imagined. Do you know where your food comes from? Check out this book and learn the truth about what’s behind the supply chains of the items you buy.
I will never again think the same about price shopping and striving to seek the cheapest items. There’s a complicated business and human story behind our food. What I really enjoyed about the book, was that it progressively took me deeper into the human side of things as the book went on.
It opened my eyes further to the problem of human slavery and indentured servitude, that’s far too present in the supply chains of our food products.
I don’t know what I expected, after all this is a book about supermarkets! I loved the authors prior book about yoga, and gave this a shot. Wow, this is a far deeper and more personal a book than I imagined. Do you know where your food comes from? Check out this book and learn the truth about what’s behind the supply chains of the items you buy.
I will never again think the same about price shopping and striving to seek the cheapest items. There’s a complicated business and human story behind our food. What I really enjoyed about the book, was that it progressively took me deeper into the human side of things as the book went on.
It opened my eyes further to the problem of human slavery and indentured servitude, that’s far too present in the supply chains of our food products.
joysbooks's review against another edition
4.25
just really love learning about niche topics in depth from people who have devoted so much time to gathering information!
whatcandicereads's review against another edition
5.0
Most of us never question the ways our favorite food items make it onto the shelves of our neighborhood grocery stores. From specialty grocers to the beloved Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, and Westside Market (if you’re a New Yorker), Lorr provides an in-depth evaluation of goods and services, processing, and the everything-in-between. In an ethnography of sorts, the author captures the many dimensions of food consumerism, highlighting the plight of women truck drivers, the domestic and international exploitation of workers, and the outright disturbing landscape of industrial agriculture and mass production. This is not the “supersize me” or “seaspiracy” that encourages one to stop eating fast food or think twice about their seafood intake, but instead, provides a unique viewpoint into an area otherwise hidden away from our day-to-day lives. He makes clear the cyclical nature of production to consumer. No matter or city, state, occupation or social class, we all contribute (and will continue to contribute) to the grocery store chain. Perhaps for better, perhaps for worse.