Bittersweet Brexit: The Future of Food, Farming, Land and Labour

Author:   Charlie Clutterbuck
Publisher:   Pluto Press
ISBN:  

9780745337715


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   20 October 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Charlie Clutterbuck
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Weight:   0.466kg
ISBN:  

9780745337715


ISBN 10:   0745337716
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   20 October 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Photographs, Figures and Tables Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: The State We're In 1. All Change 2. Coming Out 3. Moving On Part II: Society 4. Trade 5. Labour 6. Land Part III: Farm and Food Science 7. Sustainability 8. Obesity 9. Pesticides 10. Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) Part IV: The Future 11. Favourite Foods 12. What We Can Do Abbreviations Notes Index

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'This book is so important ... it challenges us all to take the opportunity Brexit presents to rethink our food systems, rethink our investment in food production and reconnect locally' -- Pam Warhurst, Co-Founder, Incredible Edible Network 'A good red-green dose of food reality, which puts people, ecology and health at the heart of how to reform it' -- Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy, City University, London 'A meticulously researched, thought provoking book, which politicians should act upon to provide a better future for our food and farm workers, especially the young, and rural economies in general' -- Len McCluskey, General Secretary, Unite the Union


'Long time Unite member Charlie Clutterbuck has done a great service with this meticulously researched, thought provoking book, which politicians should act upon to provide a better future for our food and farm workers, especially the young, and rural economies in general' --


Author Information

Charlie Clutterbuck PhD has three degrees in agricultural sciences. He has worked in many parts of the food chain from plucking turkeys, picking hops, working in kitchens and living on a hill farm. He has advised several major food retailers and was an active member of Unite's Rural and Agricultural workers for many years, as well as an Honorary Fellow in Food Policy at City University London. At present he is on the Boards of Incredible Farm in Todmorden and 'The Larder' in Preston. He has published extensively on food and farming and is the author of Bittersweet Brexit: Land, Labour and Food After Brexit (Pluto, 2017).

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