The Carnivore's Dilemma

by Tristram Stuart

Genres: Food

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Tristram Stuart is the winner of the international environmental award, The Sophie Prize 2011, for his fight against food waste. Following the critical success of Tristram’s first book, The Bloodless Revolution (2006), ‘a genuinely revelatory contribution to the history of human ideas’, Tristram has become a renowned campaigner, working in several countries to help improve the environmental and social impact of food production. His latest international prize-winning book, Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal (Penguin, 2009), revealed that Western countries waste up to half of their food, and that tackling this problem is one of the simplest ways of reducing pressure on the environment and on global food supplies. Tristram set up the Feeding the 5000 (www.feeding5k.org), the flagship event of a global food waste campaign where 5000 members of the public are given a free lunch using only ingredients that otherwise would have been wasted. Held twice in Trafalgar Square (2009 and 2011), the Feeding the 5000 team have now launched replica events and campaigns internationally, and has now been commissioned to work globally in partnership with the European Commission and the United Nations Environment Program. Tristram continues to work with a range of NGOs, governments, and private enterprises internationally to tackle the global food waste scandal.

Reviews

[Cristine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very thought provoking. Has made me much more conscious about where my food is coming from and what's in it. Has moved me to look at local alternatives for both meat and produce. It no longer is a luxury but more of a health necessity.

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Two very good points and interesting stories. The life of a steer from birth to plate and the life / reason behind a seed of corn in today's America. The rest was drivel.