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Avocado Anxiety: and Other Stories About Where Your Food Comes From by Louise Gray
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Looking at the content page, I expected each chapter to solely focus on the origins and health of each crop listed but Avocado Anxiety turned out to be so much more! Yes, each chapter focuses on one crop but each one also ties in important topics related to food.
Through interviews, anecdotes and studies this books examines how culture, politics, businesses, globalisation and science impact food production, farming practices, nutrition, the environment, food security and our attitudes towards food. With this approach, there is a laudable balance between breadth and depth. This is further underscored by the various solutions the author puts forth to address the various problems that she raises, such as the carbon footprint of our food choices, our propensity for monoculture, our expectation for perfection, and more.
By the time I was done, I wished I could read more yet was surprised by how densely information-packed this deceivingly small hardcover is with its 288 pages. Needless to say, I highly recommend picking up this book!
Through interviews, anecdotes and studies this books examines how culture, politics, businesses, globalisation and science impact food production, farming practices, nutrition, the environment, food security and our attitudes towards food. With this approach, there is a laudable balance between breadth and depth. This is further underscored by the various solutions the author puts forth to address the various problems that she raises, such as the carbon footprint of our food choices, our propensity for monoculture, our expectation for perfection, and more.
By the time I was done, I wished I could read more yet was surprised by how densely information-packed this deceivingly small hardcover is with its 288 pages. Needless to say, I highly recommend picking up this book!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Violence
There are a couple pages that examine the links between witch hunts and foraging. In describing the history, methods of violence employed against women are outlined, explaining methods of capital punishment enacted in the past.