Christopher D. Cook

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Christopher D. Cook is an author and award-winning investigative journalist. His writing appears in Harper’sThe Atlantic, the Los Angeles TimesMother JonesThe EconomistThe NationColumbia Journalism ReviewThe GuardianThe Christian Science Monitor, and other national publications. He is the author of the acclaimed book, Diet for a Dead Planet: Big Business and the Coming Food Crisis, available in paperback.

Christopher’s first book, Diet for a Dead Planet, was widely acclaimed by both mainstream and alternative media. Jim Hightower calls the book “a powerful and provocative indictment of the food industry.”  Best-selling author Frances Moore Lappé writes, “Armed with Cook’s compelling exposé, we don’t have to be victims. We can choose life.”