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What is actually safe to eat today?

Food prices are rising. Consumers are increasingly asking where their food comes from, how it was produced, what chemicals were used, what animals were killed along the way, and whether growing, fishing or hunting for some of their own food might offer a better alternative.

Eating Safely in a Changing World explores those questions without pretending that there is one perfect way to eat.

From supermarket shelves to vegetable gardens, farms, coastlines and wild landscapes, this practical guide examines how our food system is changing and what ordinary people can realistically do about it.

Inside, you will explore:

• conventional versus organic food and what those labels really mean
• pesticides, veterinary medicines, contaminants, microplastics and heavy metals
• the real meaning of food risk and why detecting a substance does not automatically mean that a food is dangerous
• how rising food prices are changing household choices
• growing vegetables, fruit and herbs for yourself
• the real costs and limitations of becoming more self-sufficient
• fishing as a source of food
• hunting and wild game from a food, ecological and ethical perspective
• city living compared with rural and remote living
• food storage, preservation and reducing dependence on supermarkets
• direct and indirect animal deaths associated with different ways of producing food
• insects, worms, butterflies, ladybirds, rodents, birds and other wildlife affected by agriculture
• target catch, bycatch and ecological effects in fisheries
• animal welfare and ethical questions surrounding hunting
• how to compare foods without falling into simplistic claims such as “natural is always better” or “plant-based food causes no animal deaths”
• practical strategies for building a safer, more affordable and resilient food supply.

This is not a guide to abandoning modern society or surviving an apocalypse.

It is a guide to understanding where food comes from, reducing unnecessary dependence, making informed choices and becoming more resilient in an increasingly expensive and environmentally uncertain world.

Whether you live in a flat in a city, a house with a small garden, a coastal village or a remote rural area, there are ways to improve your food security without trying to become completely self-sufficient.

The future of food may involve supermarkets, farms, gardens, fisheries and wild resources together.

The important question is not simply:

“What is the safest food?”

It is:

“How can we build the safest, most ethical and most resilient way of feeding ourselves?”

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