Dead Zone review – a call to change our way of farming
Philip Lymbery, head of Compassion in World Farming, argues
cogently for the end of factory farming to save species on the edge of
extinction
Katharine Norbury
Sun 18 Jun 2017 10.00 BST Last modified on Wed 21 Mar 2018
23.51 GMT
Philip Lymbery
Philip Lymbery, chief
executive of Compassion in World Farming
“In the blink of an evolutionary eye,” Philip Lymbery
writes, “one particular species has gone from newcomer to the dominant force
shaping the planet: us.”
Lymbery is head of the leading animal welfare organisation
Compassion in World Farming, and he approaches the conundrum of “how should we
live our lives” from the perspective of food production. He picks several
species teetering on the edge of extinction – elephants in Sunatra, the bison of
Yellowstone Park, the jaguars of Brazil, the penguins of Robin Island and more
– and asks what would happen to them if we changed our farming practices.
He believes it is a misconception that livestock need to be
factory-farmed in sheds and fed one third of the world’s grain so they grow as
big and fast as possible. “There’s already enough food for everybody,” he
maintains, as more than half the world’s food “rots, is dumped in landfill, or
feeds imprisoned animals”. Dead Zone is a vital book that makes a realistic and
imperative argument for returning to the old ways of farming.
• Dead Zone by Philip Lymbery is published by Bloomsbury
(£12.99). To order a copy for £11.04 go to bookshop.theguardian.com or call
0330 333 6846. Free UK p&p over £10, online orders only. Phone orders min
p&p of £1.99
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