Eat the Planet Well: How to fix our toxic food system – one meal at a time

Author:   Dave Goulson
Publisher:   Vintage Publishing
ISBN:  

9781787335622


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   14 May 2026
Format:   Hardback
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Eat the Planet Well: How to fix our toxic food system – one meal at a time


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How to eat for the health of the planet and ourselves, from the Sunday Times bestselling author and scientist 'Everyone needs to read this book' Isabella Tree 'A clarion call' Caroline Lucas How can we eat well without harming the planet? The way we produce food today is damaging people and nature alike. Modern, intensive farming systems producing pesticide-laced, ultra-processed foods are bad for us and bad for the planet. But there is cause for hope. From supporting more sustainable farming systems and modifying what we eat to wasting less and growing more ourselves, Dave Goulson shows that change is possible and individual choices do matter - even while governments fail to act. Packed with surprising insights and practical guidance, Eat the Planet Well cuts through the information overload to help us navigate the tricky decisions we face every day, and offers an optimistic vision for a healthier future.

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Author:   Dave Goulson
Publisher:   Vintage Publishing
Imprint:   Jonathan Cape
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 4.00cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.750kg
ISBN:  

9781787335622


ISBN 10:   1787335623
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   14 May 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   To order   Availability explained

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Everyone needs to read this book. Brilliantly explained, scientifically driven and yet pragmatic and personal – this is about the choices we need to make now, and every day, to secure the future we want for our children. -- Isabella Tree In this compact and highly readable book, Dave Goulson shows us how we should change diets and our use of farming land in order to build a better, more resilient world while also improving human health... An excellent primer on topics that have been surprisingly poorly covered. -- Chris Goodall, author of POSSIBLE: WAYS TO NET ZERO


Everyone needs to read this book. Brilliantly explained, scientifically driven and yet pragmatic and personal – this is about the choices we need to make now, and every day, to secure the future we want for our children. -- Isabella Tree In this compact and highly readable book, Dave Goulson shows us how we should change diets and our use of farming land in order to build a better, more resilient world while also improving human health... An excellent primer on topics that have been surprisingly poorly covered. -- Chris Goodall


We have been very slow to recognise that our food and our agricultural system lie at the heart of the many environmental challenges the world faces. In this compact and highly readable book, Dave Goulson says how we should change diets and our use of farming land in order to build a better, more resilient world while also improving human health. Full of well-researched information and divided into short chapters, this book is an excellent primer on topics that have been surprisingly poorly covered. -- Chris Goodall, author of POSSIBLE: WAYS TO NET ZERO


Author Information

Dave Goulson is Professor of Biology at the University of Sussex. He has published more than 300 scientific articles on the ecology and conservation of bumblebees and other insects. His books include the Sunday Times bestsellers The Garden Jungle and A Sting in the Tale, which was also shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize and has been translated into fifteen languages. He is an Ambassador for the UK Wildlife Trusts, the National Allotment Society and the Bumblebee Conservation Trust.

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