Food and Farming Books
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Land Healer : How Farming Can Save Britain's Countryside
Jake Fiennes is changing the face of farming in Britain... a revolutionising force' Isabella TreeOur relationship with our land is broken: we must heal it. Jake Fiennes is on a mission to change the face of the English countryside. As Conservation Manager at Holkham...- £12.99 GBP
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Rewild Your Garden : Create a Haven for Birds, Bees and Butterflies
**A SUNDAY TIMES GARDENING BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020**'A must-read for every gardener who wants to up their game for wildlife and do their bit for the planet.' -- Isabella Tree'A refreshing, uplifting and positive look at the true value of a garden.' --...- £16.99 GBP
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The Running Hare : The Secret Life of Farmland
__________________'BRITAIN'S FINEST LIVING NATURE WRITER' - THE TIMESThe Sunday Times Bestseller - SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2017 Traditional ploughland is disappearing. Seven cornfield flowers have become extinct in the last twenty years. Once abundant, the corn bunting and the lapwing are on the...- £10.99 GBP
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Rooted : How regenerative farming can change the world
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING'An honest look at the farming life today. Raw, earthy and inspiring' - Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment'A beautifully written, incredibly timely book' - Clover Stroud, author of My Wild and Sleepless NightsWhen barrister and...- £10.99 GBP
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The Forager's Calendar : A Seasonal Guide to Nature's Wild Harvests
He writes so engagingly that it's hard to imagine that actual foraging can be more attractive than reading his accounts of it. ...[This book] is a treasure. It is beautifully produced, designed and illustrated.' - John Carey, The Sunday TimesWINNER OF THE GUILD OF...- £14.99 GBP
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I Bought a Mountain : The Re-discovered Nature Classic
WITH A FOREWORD BY PATRICK BARKHAMAnd an essay by Welsh hill farmer, Dafydd Morris-Jones'One of the great no-holds-barred life-adventures in the wilds of the British landscape.' ADAM NICOLSONWritten on the eve of the Second World War, this memoir tells the remarkable story of how...- £10.99 GBP
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Regenesis : Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet
The Sunday Times bestseller *Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize*A New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year'This book calls for nothing less than a revolution in the future of food' Kate RaworthFrom the bestselling author of Feral, a breathtaking first glimpse of a new...- £10.99 GBP
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English Pastoral : An Inheritance - The Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Shepherd's Life
THE SUNDAY TIMES NATURE BOOK OF THE YEARThe new bestseller from the author of The Shepherd's Life'A beautifully written story of a family, a home and a changing landscape' Nigel Slater As a boy, James Rebanks's grandfather taught him to work the land the...- £10.99 GBP
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All Around the Year
Originally published in 1979, All Around the Year is a diary following a year at Parsonage Farm, a mixed farm in Devon, close to Dartmoor. The book documented a way of life unchanged for centuries, but which was already remote to most people. In...- £16.00 GBP
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Under the Henfluence : The World of Chickens and the People Who Love Them
`Share[s] the life-enhancing joys of the humble hen' Sunday Times `Clocks our obsession with chicken-keeping . Brilliant' New York Magazine An immersive blend of chicken-keeping memoir and animal welfare reporting by a journalist who accidentally became obsessed with her flock. Since first domesticating the...- £10.99 GBP
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Field Work : What Land Does to People & What People Do to Land
A priceless portrait of one of the least understood and frequently most vilified of people: farmers. It should really be read by all in this country who buys food - i.e. everyone.' Daily Mail'Highly researched and deeply thoughtful ... Bathurst peers under the bonnet...- £10.99 GBP
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The Lie of the Land : Who Really Cares for the Countryside?
The Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lost Rainforests of Britain reveals how landowners wreck the countryside, and how the public can restore it 'Brave and brilliant' George Monbiot `Urgent and essential . should be required reading' Caroline Lucas For centuries we've been sold...- £22.00 GBP
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No Dig : Nurture Your Soil to Grow Better Veg with Less Effort
Work in partnership with nature to nurture your soil for healthy plants and bumper crops - without back-breaking effort!Have you ever wondered how to transform a weedy plot into a thriving vegetable garden? Well now you can! By following the simple steps set out...- £30.00 GBP
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Ravenous : How to get ourselves and our planet into shape
WINNER OF THE ANDR� SIMON FOOD BOOK AWARD 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS AWARDS 2024THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Brilliant - a must read' Tim Spector'Ravenous is a truly important book ... we need a food revolution to ensure children don't go hungry, eat...- £10.99 GBP
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Ultra-Processed People : Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn't Food . and Why Can't We Stop?
THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFORTNUM & MASON'S DEBUT FOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023AN ECONOMIST, DAILY MAIL, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING and AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONE'S BOOK OF THE YEAR...- £22.00 GBP
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Spoon-Fed : Why almost everything we've been told about food is wrong
THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE LEADING GUT-HEALTH EXPERT, FOUNDER OF ZOE AND AUTHOR OF FOOD FOR LIFE* As seen on ITV's LORRAINE and heard on THE DIARY OF A CEO *This ground-breaking exploration debunks food myths, from what we should be eating...- £10.99 GBP
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In Search of the Perfect Peach : Why flavour holds the answer to fixing our food system
WITH A FOREWORD FROM TIM SPECTOR, author of�The Diet Myth,�Spoon-Fed�and�Food for Life`A pioneering approach.'�ANNA JONES, cook and bestselling author of Easy Wins`By valuing and reclaiming flavour, Franco argues that we can transform the system and also enrich our relationship with food. Essential reading.'�DAN SALADINO,...- £20.00 GBP
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Silent Spring
Silent Spring is a groundbreaking work of non-fiction that sounded the alarm on the devastating environmental impacts of chemical pesticides like DDT. With meticulous research and a gripping narrative, Rachel Carson exposes the unintended consequences of mankind's war against nature, from the near-extinction of...- £10.99 GBP
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Hedgerow
Hedgerows, moors, meadows and woods - these hold a veritable feast for the forager. In this hugely informative and witty handbook, John Wright reveals how to spot the free and delicious pickings to be found in the British countryside, and how to prepare and...- £16.99 GBP
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Eating to Extinction : The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them
A book of wonders' Bee Wilson, Sunday Times Books of the YearWinner of the Wainwright Prize 2022 - Eating to Extinction is an astonishing journey through the past, present and future of food, showing why reclaiming a diverse food culture is vital. 'Saladino inspires...- £10.99 GBP
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Feeding Britain : Our Food Problems and How to Fix Them
How does Britain get its food? Why is our current system at breaking point?How can we fix it before it is too late?British food has changed remarkably in the last half century. As we have become wealthier and more discerning, our food has Europeanized...- £12.99 GBP
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Food Rules
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. Food Rules, Michael Pollan's wise and witty critique of the western industrialised diet, distils the wisdom of history and traditional cultures to three simple rules: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly...- £7.99 GBP
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Rural : The Lives of the Working Class Countryside
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2024 `Eye-opening and persuasive' SUNDAY TIMES `Brilliant . I loved it' KIT DE WAAL `Thoughtful, moving, honest' CAL FLYN *Winner of The Lakeland Book of the Year 2024* Work in the countryside ties you, soul and...- £10.99 GBP
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Metabolical : The truth about processed food and how it poisons people and the planet
Did you know that 62% of the food in our supermarkets is not only processed but 'ultra-processed' (ingredients from other foods are combined to make something 'new', often in colours that do not exist in nature) and that data shows that by eating this...- £16.99 GBP
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Sixty Harvests Left : How to Reach a Nature-Friendly Future
`Powerful, purposeful and persuasive . This book is transformative. We must read, mark and learn, fast' Michael Morpurgo`A call to action - to change our world from the ground up. A vitally necessary book' Isabella Tree`Philip Lymbery pulls no punches in cataloguing the calamitous...- £12.99 GBP
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Eating for Pleasure, People & Planet
If we could all live and eat a little more like Tom the world and the food chain would be in much better shape.' Anna Jones'This book is like a hybrid of Michael Pollan and Anna Jones. It combines serious food politics with flavour-packed...- £30.00 GBP
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This Is Vegan Propaganda : (And Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You)
Our choices can help alleviate the most pressing issues we face today: the climate crisis, infectious and chronic diseases, human exploitation and, of course, non-human exploitation. Undeniably, these issues can be uncomfortable to learn about but the benefits of doing so cannot be overstated....- £12.99 GBP
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Woodston : The Biography of An English Farm - The Sunday Times Bestseller
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Lewis-Stempel is one of our finest nature writers ... He writes with delicate observation and authority, giving us in Woodston a book teeming with fascinating details, anecdotes and penetrating insights into the real cost of our denatured countryside.' - Sunday...- £10.99 GBP
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Deep Country : Five Years in the Welsh Hills
Deep Country is Neil Ansell's account of five years spent alone in a hillside cottage in Wales. 'I lived alone in this cottage for five years, summer and winter, with no transport, no phone. This is the story of those five years, where I...- £10.99 GBP
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The Shepherd's Life : A Tale of the Lake District
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'Affectionate, evocative, illuminating. A story of survival - of a flock, a landscape and a disappearing way of life. I love this book' Nigel Slater'Triumphant, a pastoral for the 21st century' Helen Davies, Sunday Times, Books of the Year'The...- £10.99 GBP
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Enchanted Foraging : Wildcrafting for Herbal Remedies, Rituals, and a Magical Life
Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of wildcrafting with Ebony Gheorghe's "Enchanted Foraging." This captivating book unveils the secrets of foraging for plants and herbs, weaving together the practical and the mystical. Embark on a journey to reconnect with nature's bounty, harnessing its powers...- £18.99 GBP
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Herbs : River Cottage Handbook No.10
Herbs are the most liberating and confidence-boosting of ingredients: grow some and you feel like a proper gardener, bring some into the kitchen and you feel like a proper cook. They allow you to experiment and bring individuality to your cooking while, at the...- £18.99 GBP
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The Philosophy of Cider
Cider is liquid sunshine, a radiant elixir captured in a glass! Join Jane Peyton on a resplendent voyage of discovery, tracing the journey of the wild Malus Sieversii apple – the progenitor of today's domesticated apple – from its origins in the foothills of...- £10.00 GBP
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Our Little Farm : Adventures in Sustainable Living
From Peter Wohlleben, the New York Times-bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees, and his wife, Miriam, comes an inspired, practical memoir of creating a sustainable homestead amongst the trees. Called "a veritable tree whisperer" by the Wall Street Journal, Peter Wohlleben is...- £17.99 GBP
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Foraging : A practical guide to finding and preparing free wild food
Unlock the bounty of nature's pantry with "Foraging: The Essential Guide to Free Wild Food." This comprehensive guide takes you on an immersive journey through the vibrant landscapes of hedgerows, parks, fields, woods, rivers, and seashores, unveiling the edible treasures that lie waiting to...- £10.99 GBP
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The Blue Commons : Rescuing the Economy of the Sea
A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST ECONOMICS BOOK OF 2022 'A landmark book... The Blue Commons is at once a brilliant synthesis, a searing analysis, and an inspiring call to action.' - David Bollier'With remarkable erudition, passion and lyricism, Guy Standing commands the reader to wake...- £12.99 GBP
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Eating Animals
To reduce risk of pandemics for ourselves, our gaze needs to turn to the health of animals. Discover Jonathan Safran Foer's eye-opening and life-changing account of the meat we eat. 'Should be compulsory reading. A genuine masterwork. Read this book. It will change you'...- £9.99 GBP
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Forgotten Fruits : The stories behind Britain's traditional fruit and vegetables
In Forgotten Fruits, Christopher Stocks tells the fascinating - often rather bizarre - stories behind Britain's rich heritage of fruit and vegetables. Take Newton Wonder apples, for instance, first discovered around 1870 allegedly growing in the thatch of a Derbyshire pub. Or the humble...- £10.99 GBP
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