Philip Lymbery: Sixty Harvests Left

<p>This week, we’re eating to save the Planet with <a href="https://philiplymbery.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Philip Lymbery</a>, global CEO of <a href="https://www.ciwf.org.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Compassion in World Farming</a>.</p><br><p>Philip is one of the most important campaigners against factory farms where the animals whose meat most people eat are confined and never see the light of day. He and Gilly have worked together on his podcasts <a href="https://uk-podcasts.co.uk/podcast/the-big-table/stop-the-machine-2017-06-29" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stop the Machine and the Big Table</a> and he’s appeared on the <a href="https://play.acast.com/s/deliciousdish/extraportion-philiplymberyofcompassioninworldfarming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">delicious podcast</a> and on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unravelling-the-food-chain/id1504494739?i=1000517065307" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Right2Food,</a> the voice of the Food Foundation in a bid to change the way we eat.</p><br><p>He’s painted an apocalyptic vision of its impact on the planet in his books <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Farmageddon-True-Cost-Cheap-Meat/dp/1408846446" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Farmageddon</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/30038901-dead-zone" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dead Zone: where the wild things were</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;In his latest book, <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sixty-harvests-left-9781526619327/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sixty Harvests Left</a>, he picks up the soil where the animals once grazed, naturally fertilising the land and providing rich pickings for the bugs and worms and shows us what our junk food culture has done to it.. But it’s not too late – not quite – if we change the way we think about the food we buy everyday. Essential listening.</p><br><p>And don't forget that Leiths Online is offering a discount for Cooking the Books lis