A great new way to look at the whole natural/organic/local food type issues-- and for different issues. This book deals with how the rush to increase yield, in both crops and meat, have led to an agriculture that will pump out more bounty these foodstuffs in much shorter time-- but at the cost of flavor, and as we learn is intrinsically linked, nutrition. A very entertaining, very thorough exploration of the topic that I highly recommend to anyone even mildly interested in the trend of people shifting their diets to natural, 'whole' foods or sustainable agriculture in general. If nothing else, I'm reading ingredient lists at the grocery store with greater scrutiny than ever before.