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Ravenous is a fast-paced, well-evidenced call for a healthier, more sustainable food system -- 'Anthony Albanese’s 2023 reading list: what should be on the PM’s bookshelf this summer?' ― Guardian

What we eat is damaging not only our personal health, but societal and environmental health too - a triple whammy. This book provides not only a compelling diagnosis of the damage being done by our current food eco-system, but a brilliant prescription of how a different food strategy could transform our personal, societal and environmental health. Economists like me often say that, in public policy, there is no such thing as a free lunch. Henry Dimbleby's book provides not only a free lunch for the nation, but a healthy one -- Andy Haldane, former chief economist of the Bank of England

Our food system lies in the centre of huge 21st century challenges, including global heating, mass extinction and public health. If we are to navigate these monster threats to civilisation then we need to move beyond our obsession with cheap food and illusory concepts of food security to embrace a genuinely sustainable food system. Shifting such a complex system isn't easy, but it is vital. Through the pages of Ravenous, Henry Dimbleby sets out with great clarity the why and how of the transition we must make -- Tony Juniper CBE, Chair of Natural England

Praise for Henry Dimbleby's National Food Strategy ― :

From field to fork, extraordinary work is being done to try and build a better food system for everyone ... [including] Henry Dimbleby's ambitions for safe, healthy and affordable food -- HRH King Charles III ― Today

This is a compelling and overdue plan of action. If the Government adopts it, we will, at last, be putting our food system on the right path to health and prosperity -- Prue Leith

Dimbleby has worked through an incredibly complex landscape and resulted in a set of comprehensive, eminently workable recommendations that are practical and will have a direct impact on our lives -- Tom Kerridge

There is a nutritional gap between rich and poor in this country, and it's a slowly unfolding tragedy. Dimbleby not only recognises this - he has a plan to do something about it -- Dame Louise Casey

Analytically tight, empirically thorough ... [Dimbleby's] recommendations are detailed, convincing, and would be entirely implementable if we cared about ourselves and the world around us -- Sir Partha Dasgupta, Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus at the University of Cambridge and author ― The Economics of Biodiversity