Food Fight

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This isn't just a good read, it's an essential reference. Scholarly, literate and deeply moving - Food Fight is the essential food book of this year and years to come -- CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN Food Fight is the gripping book we have been waiting for, from a veteran of the food wars -- TIM SPECTOR A punchy polemic backed up with hard, often astonishing, facts. Anyone who reads his book will want to add their voice to the calls for change -- JULIAN BAGGINI * * Literary Review * * Up there with Marion Nestle's Food Politics, Food Fight exposes the dark arts of the food industry and the frustrating lack of political will. Like hers, Gillespie's anger burns off the page -- PEN VOGLER From his years of experience working in international nutrition, Gillespie has on-the-ground knowledge of why and how global food systems lead to widespread hunger, obesity and environmental damage, and what needs to be done to make those systems healthier for all. He makes it clear that this food fight is crucial to take on -- MARION NESTLE The need for a radical overhaul of our food system has never been more urgent. Food Fight powerfully articulates the intricate web of historical, economic and political factors that have led us to this point of crisis. It is a clarion call for action, demanding that we rethink and restructure our food systems not just for today, but for generations to come. We owe it to our children and our planet to move beyond incremental reforms and embrace true transformation -- HENRY DIMBLEBY Stuart Gillespie has spent over forty years working on the front-line of nutrition policies across the world - in this brilliant book, he pulls together why we're still seeing such high levels of malnutrition in the world, the role of corporations and key suggestions on how to improve it. A must-read for those interested in food and nutrition -- DEVI SRIDHAR, Professor and Chair of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh and bestselling author of PREVENTABLE Stuart Gillespie's decades in the trenches and in corridors of power have made him a clarion of reason and good sense in the battle against hunger. With ripping prose and a global sweep, Gillespie deploys a lifetime's evidence and brilliant argument to show that the only reasonable way to fix our food system is to transform it completely -- RAJ PATEL, author of STUFFED AND STARVED: THE HIDDEN BATTLE FOR THE WORLD FOOD SYSTEM [Gillespie] has seen the devastating effects of power imbalances on the ground. Food Fight is an angry, tub-thumping polemic * * Financial Times * * This is a masterful painting of the complex picture of malnutrition and how we have attempted to improve it over the last century. Fascinating and accessible for newcomers to the issue; unsettling for those familiar with it; it offers a clear-sighted and grounded perspective on what needs to be done. Essential reading for everyone who wants to play their part -- ANNA TAYLOR OBE, Executive Director, The Food Foundation