For years we've been told that the food system is destroying the planet. That there are too many cows and tractors, too much fertilizer, too much waste, and that farmers and food manufacturers are polluting our atmosphere. But we've also been told that food can help save us from the worst of global warming. How can it be both destroyer and savior? Nicola Harvey takes readers into the heart of the industrialized global food system to share what life on the land is like when you're a new farmer just trying to survive - and change the status quo.
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