Bittersweet Brexit, livre ebook

*Selected as one of openDemocracy's Best Political Books of 2017*
Although widely criticised and hugely wasteful, The Common Agricultural Policy did at least afford British farmers a degree of support. Post-Brexit, that support will vanish - to be replaced with a woefully misconceived agricultural export drive that cannot possibly deliver.
Bittersweet Brexit suggests a solution: paying workers decent wages in the agricultural sector could radically transform the nature of farming in Britain. It would improve yields, increase sustainability and ensure greater self-sufficiency at a time when food security is becoming a vital issue.
This scenario provides a progressive, forward-thinking and optimistic future for food and farming in Britain, which, unlike many other industries, is currently being ignored.
List of Photographs, Figures and Tables

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I: The State We're In

1. All Change

2. Coming Out

3. Moving On

Part II: Society

4. Trade

5. Labour

6. Land

Part III: Farm and Food Science

7. Sustainability

8. Obesity

9. Pesticides

10. Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)

Part IV: The Future

11. Favourite Foods

12. What We Can Do

Abbreviations

Notes

Index