#2019新京报夏季好书# 《失控的农业》
“You are what you eat”的箴言深入人心,但这个时代,或许“You are how you eat”更亟待思考。工厂化农业的急剧扩张,为世界人口提供了更多粮食,更多廉价肉制品,但这意味着集约化养殖在农业中的比重不断增长。我们想方设法,在更小的空间里、更少的土地上,饲养更多的动物,让它们拥挤在不见阳光的畜舍里,用选种控制动物特性,用激素催肥尚未成熟的动物,滥用疫苗和药物来防止动物疾病。随之而来的,是粮食浪费、环境污染,以及日益贫瘠的土壤,甚至是不断增长的癌症暴发率。我们的农业,出了问题。
《失控的农业》聚焦的正是世界范围内,集约化养殖方式的扩张,以及这背后的运转机制和沉重代价。作者耗时两年多,实地走访、调查全球各地的农业状况,同时做了大量细致的案头研究,结合实地调查与科学数据,将廉价肉制品背后残酷、失控的农业生产暴露在读者眼前。它敢于追问,敢于思考:集约化养殖是否是农业的最有效方式,是否是人类的最好选择?但这又不仅仅是一本止步于“控诉”的书。身为消费者,我们拥有巨大的力量。吃什么,以及如何吃?随着每一餐,我们每天都可以为“失控的农业”制造三次改变。
“You are what you eat”的箴言深入人心,但这个时代,或许“You are how you eat”更亟待思考。工厂化农业的急剧扩张,为世界人口提供了更多粮食,更多廉价肉制品,但这意味着集约化养殖在农业中的比重不断增长。我们想方设法,在更小的空间里、更少的土地上,饲养更多的动物,让它们拥挤在不见阳光的畜舍里,用选种控制动物特性,用激素催肥尚未成熟的动物,滥用疫苗和药物来防止动物疾病。随之而来的,是粮食浪费、环境污染,以及日益贫瘠的土壤,甚至是不断增长的癌症暴发率。我们的农业,出了问题。
《失控的农业》聚焦的正是世界范围内,集约化养殖方式的扩张,以及这背后的运转机制和沉重代价。作者耗时两年多,实地走访、调查全球各地的农业状况,同时做了大量细致的案头研究,结合实地调查与科学数据,将廉价肉制品背后残酷、失控的农业生产暴露在读者眼前。它敢于追问,敢于思考:集约化养殖是否是农业的最有效方式,是否是人类的最好选择?但这又不仅仅是一本止步于“控诉”的书。身为消费者,我们拥有巨大的力量。吃什么,以及如何吃?随着每一餐,我们每天都可以为“失控的农业”制造三次改变。
eat out外出吃饭,use up用完,mouldy发霉的,bearded,(adj. 长白毛),past sell-by date过了最迟销售期,free-range eggs随意放(没有放在格子里)的鸡蛋。of sorts or of a sort:in some ways but not entirely or exactly。Enough to make a meal, of sorts.足够凑合地做一顿饭的菜肴。
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James had evidently eaten out every night while she was away. Nothing in the fridge had been used up; the cheese was mouldy and the tomatoes bearded. At the back was some smoked salmon just past its sell-by date, which she was sure would not poison him, and a couple of free-range eggs. Enough to make a meal, of sorts.
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James had evidently eaten out every night while she was away. Nothing in the fridge had been used up; the cheese was mouldy and the tomatoes bearded. At the back was some smoked salmon just past its sell-by date, which she was sure would not poison him, and a couple of free-range eggs. Enough to make a meal, of sorts.
我們擁有了物質生活,
卻讓我們失去了許多。
擁有豐富的食物,
讓我們忘記了珍惜。
擁有科技電子的娛樂,
讓我們變得不善於溝通。
因為要跟上社會的節奏,
我們卻忘了夢想。
We have lost a lot,
for we have our material life
We have forgotten to cherish,
for we have plenty to eat.
We have withdrawn from communication,
for we now derive pleasure from technology.
We have stopped pursuing our dreams,
just to catch up with society.
在社會裡
都藏著各種小人物的超人英雄。
雖然他們看似比我們擁有的少,
但是他們攞有的是我們遺失的笑容。
你有多久沒開心過了?
There are all kinds of superheros
who seem insiginificant in our society.
They seem to own less
but they are satisified.
How long has it been
since the last time you smile?
《不一樣的擁有 Embraced the Differences》
Yeung Siu Fong
Disabled Artist
楊小芳
卻讓我們失去了許多。
擁有豐富的食物,
讓我們忘記了珍惜。
擁有科技電子的娛樂,
讓我們變得不善於溝通。
因為要跟上社會的節奏,
我們卻忘了夢想。
We have lost a lot,
for we have our material life
We have forgotten to cherish,
for we have plenty to eat.
We have withdrawn from communication,
for we now derive pleasure from technology.
We have stopped pursuing our dreams,
just to catch up with society.
在社會裡
都藏著各種小人物的超人英雄。
雖然他們看似比我們擁有的少,
但是他們攞有的是我們遺失的笑容。
你有多久沒開心過了?
There are all kinds of superheros
who seem insiginificant in our society.
They seem to own less
but they are satisified.
How long has it been
since the last time you smile?
《不一樣的擁有 Embraced the Differences》
Yeung Siu Fong
Disabled Artist
楊小芳
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