Avocado Anxiety: and Other Stories About Where Your Food Comes From

A portrait of a food system that has become miraculously proficient at giving us cheap produce whenever we want it but at the expense of so much else. -- Ben Cooke * The Times * From farmers regenerating their soil and scientists battling a banana pandemic, this is essential reading for anyone interested in the global impacts of what we eat. -- PD Smith * The Guardian * In a global food network, there are no black and white answers ... In the meantime, here are some food stories to munch over. -- Boudicca Fox-Leonard * The Sunday Telegraph * Packed with insight, impeccably researched, and skilfully narrated, this book is attuned to the contradictions and possibilities of the contemporary diet and ripe with appreciation for the visceral importance of plants. -- Rob Percival, author of The Meat Paradox and Head of Food Policy, Soil Association Engaging stories and lively sanity for veg-forward eating in our complicated times. -- Hattie Ellis, author of What to Eat?: 10 Chewy Questions About Food [Explores] the nuances and complexities in a deeply relatable way. * The Spectator * Essential reading for anyone that eats, Avocado Anxiety takes you on a journey through food and its impact on our planet. Brilliant, just brilliant! -- Jake Fiennes, author of Land Healer: How Farming Can Save Britain’s Countryside and Head of Conservation, Holkham Estate In a quietly confident manner, Avocado Anxiety makes you think for yourself on matters that can only be described as universally urgent. Everyone should read it.’ -- Caroline Eden, author of Black Sea, Red Sands and Samarkand A fascinating book full of surprising facts that will force you to reconsider everything you thought you knew about fruit and vegetables. Truly, this is food for thought. -- Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment Fascinating and informative. * Delicious * How what we eat every day has an impact on us and on the world, and the ways in which we can eat better ethically and gastronomically. * BBC Radio 4 Start the Week * By turns fascinating, moving and funny, Louise Gray gives readers the knowledge they need to make more informed choices about what to eat. -- Emily Beament, author of 12 Small Acts to Save Our World and Environment Correspondent, Press Association Gray makes an overwhelming topic digestible. … Avocado Anxiety encourages understanding the science behind one’s food and demonstrates the global impact of every meal. * Foreword Reviews * Gray, a journalist who specializes in food and environmental issues, is not afraid to get her hands dirty… With comprehensive research and intelligent, fair-minded writing, this is an informative, optimistic read. * Kirkus Reviews * Each of the stories is an engaging essay written with punch and flair … an intriguing read. * Read, Listen, Watch * Fascinating … Gray helps us to work out what’s worth worrying about and what’s not. -- Ben Cooke * The Times *