{"product_id":"taking-stock-a-journey-among-cows-9781785789526","title":"Taking Stock: A Journey Among Cows","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Roger Morgan-Grenville\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Icon Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Icon Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Animals - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Funny, insightful and hugely informative ... a charming book' \u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.","brand":"Icon Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45035462721687,"sku":"9781785789526","price":967.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781785789526.webp?v=1769211887","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/taking-stock-a-journey-among-cows-9781785789526","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}