A very important books .Facts we all need to read about be informed on the dangers to our food,This is a book that should be discussed in forums classes,Eye opening iat times scary a really important warning to all consumers,#netgalley#bloomsbury.

Perilous Bounty is an excellent guide to the dangers the United States’ agricultural hubs, primarily in California and Iowa face at the hands of climate change, poor policy and planning, and corporate oligopolies. The book is well broken down into chapters that dissect the history, current events, and future of a number of specific perils facing our food system, including clean water shortages, soil quality and erosion, and the corporate/political mechanisms that lock monocropping and pesticide abuse in place. Philpott expertly breaks down each topic in layman’s terms with the support of myriad expertise and research. This results in a trove of statistics, quotes, anecdotes, and other data to support the eventual proposals suggested. Unlike many books of its kind, Perilous Bounty spends a reasonably proportionate time discussing answers as it does discussing problems, which is abundantly welcome in general, but especially given the dire circumstances and short timeline for course correction illustrated here. Overall, an excellent resource for explaining the specific perils of the U.S. food growing system, why those perils came to be, and what can be done to prevent calamity in the near and more distant future.

Very important, yet often overlooked topic that American's need to start paying attention to before it is too late. Well researched and explained.