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• Winner of North American Society for Social Philosophy 2015 Book Award Winner.
• Winner of North American Society for Social Philosophy Book Award 2015.

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Thompson convincingly shows how food production and food consumption are linked to ethical issues regarding social justice, the environment, and risk. Drawing on three decades of scholarship, he constructs a map of the field that brings together often disconnected discussions concerning (among many other things) poverty, obesity, animal welfare, environmental protection and gene technology. The book clearly lives up to its subtitle, 'Food Ethics for Everyone, ' as it is a highly accessible, comprehensive and fair-minded guide to the field. --Peter Sandoe Professor and Head of Section for Consumption, Bioethics and Governance, University of Copenhagen From Field to Fork makes it clear that every food choice has ethical implications and that sorting out these implications from the science and politics of food is anything but simple. The ethical issues discussed in this book are fascinatingly complex and deserve the serious debates they are sure to stimulate. If ever a book provided food for thought, it's this one. --Marion Nestle, Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, and author of Food Politics Who eats what, and the journey that food takes - 'field to fork' as Thompson aptly puts it--have becomes major concerns worldwide. The long food way, the web of entanglements connecting my plate to our planet, can overwhelm us--especially when it proves fraught with ethical problems. Who is eating too little, too much, fairly, freely, with what benefits and harms to whom? Here is an excellent moral analysis, a guide from growing in earth to flourishing in the community of life on Earth. -- Holmes Rolston, III, Colorado State University Thompson is the outsider's insider. Having worked within and beside top programs in agricultural research throughout his career, he is also sympathetic toward the alternatives to current agricultural production and their advocates. From Field to Fork offers an even-handed ethical analysis that emphasizes making better choices rather than deriving rigid rules based in ideology. This book should set the agenda for the emergent food ethic. -- Bryan Norton, Profesor Emeritus, Georgia Instiute of Technology

From livestock welfare to obesity and social injustice, this thoroughly researched book will stimulate debate and informed choices. The Lady, JC Thompson convincingly shows how food production and food consumption are linked to ethical issues regarding social justice, the environment, and risk. Drawing on three decades of scholarship, he constructs a map of the field that brings together often disconnected discussions concerning (among many other things) poverty, obesity, animal welfare, environmental protection and gene technology. The book clearly lives up to its subtitle, 'Food Ethics for Everyone,' as it is a highly accessible, comprehensive and fair-minded guide to the field. Professor and Head of Section for Consumption, Bioethics and Governance, University of Copenhagen From Field to Fork makes it clear that every food choice has ethical implications and that sorting out these implications from the science and politics of food is anything but simple. The ethical issues discussed in this book are fascinatingly complex and deserve the serious debates they are sure to stimulate. If ever a book provided food for thought, it's this one. Marion Nestle, Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, and author of Food Politics Who eats what, and the journey that food takes - 'field to fork' as Thompson aptly puts it - have becomes major concerns worldwide. The long food way, the web of entanglements connecting my plate to our planet, can overwhelm us - especially when it proves fraught with ethical problems. Who is eating too little, too much, fairly, freely, with what benefits and harms to whom? Here is an excellent moral analysis, a guide from growing in earth to flourishing in the community of life on Earth. Holmes Rolston, III, Colorado State University Thompson is the outsider's insider. Having worked within and beside top programs in agricultural research throughout his career, he is also sympathetic toward the alternatives to current agricultural production and their advocates. From Field to Fork offers an even-handed ethical analysis that emphasizes making better choices rather than deriving rigid rules based in ideology. This book should set the agenda for the emergent food ethic. Bryan Norton, Profesor Emeritus, Georgia Instiute of Technology

Who eats what, and the journey that food takes - 'field to fork' as Thompson aptly puts it--have becomes major concerns worldwide. The long food way, the web of entanglements connecting my plate to our planet, can overwhelm us--especially when it proves fraught with ethical problems. Who is eating too little, too much, fairly, freely, with what benefits and harms to whom? Here is an excellent moral analysis, a guide from growing in earth to flourishing in the community of life on Earth. -- Holmes Rolston, III, Colorado State University Thompson is the outsider's insider. Having worked within and beside top programs in agricultural research throughout his career, he is also sympathetic toward the alternatives to current agricultural production and their advocates. From Field to Fork offers an even-handed ethical analysis that emphasizes making better choices rather than deriving rigid rules based in ideology. This book should set the agenda for the emergent food ethic. -- Bryan Norton, Profesor Emeritus, Georgia Instiute of Technology

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Paul B. Thompson has been a leading scholar in food ethics for over thirty years. He was present at the founding of three professional societies for food ethics and has served in an advisory capacity for the U.S. National Research Council, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Genome Canada, and Wageningen University and Research Institute in the Netherlands , among others. He edited the Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics (Springer) and writes a blog for Thornapple Community Supported Agriculture in Lansing MI.

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