{"product_id":"9781785788413-taking-stock","title":"Taking Stock","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Journey Among Cows\u003cbr\u003eSince highland cattle ransacked his grandmother's vegetable patch when he was six, Roger Morgan-Grenville has been fascinated by cows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Funny, insightful and hugely informative . a charming book' \u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Tremendous . We all need to take stock, and this is the ideal starting point. I learnt a lot from this book and laughed a lot too.' ROSAMUND YOUNG, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life of Cows\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSince highland cattle ransacked his grandmother's vegetable patch when he was six, Roger Morgan-Grenville has been fascinated by cows.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo at the age of 61, with no farming experience, he signed on as a part- time labourer on a beef cattle farm to tell their side of the story. The result is this lyrical and evocative book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor 10,000 years, cow and human lives have been intertwined. Cattle have existed alongside us, fed and shod us, quenched our thirst, and provided a thousand other tiny services, and yet most of us know little about them. We are also blissfully unaware of the de-natured lives we often ask them to lead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart history, part adventure and part unsentimental manifesto for how we should treat cows in the 21st century, \u003ci\u003eTaking Stock\u003c\/i\u003e asks us to think carefully about what we eat, and to let nature back into food production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57535811879286,"sku":"9781785788413","price":17.83,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40211725.jpg?v=1774283315","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781785788413-taking-stock","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}