Live stock farming is 'astonishingly unproductive', says the author. He argues that we need to be self sufficient in food, rather than import it from other countries. We should focus on a plant-based diet and high heels with lowest possible input required for those eels he adds.
George Monbiot is a journalist, campaigner and author, who is telling the world that the time for action on the climate crisis is now. His latest book, Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet, looks at how we can lessen the impact of food consumption and farming on the global environment. Our host for this discussion is Alice Thomson, columnist and interviewer for The Times.
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