Benjamin Lorr

Benjamin Lorr is an American journalist and author whose investigative writing uncovers the hidden systems behind the things we take for granted. He is a former competitive yoga practitioner whose first book, Hell-Bent, explored the extreme world of competitive Bikram yoga. The Secret Life of Groceries is his investigation into the American grocery industry, revealing the vast and often troubling supply chains, labour practices, environmental impacts and corporate power structures that lie behind the simple act of buying food. The book traces the journey from fishing boats and factory farms to supermarket shelves, uncovering the human and environmental costs of cheap, convenient food. Available as both a book and an audiobook, The Secret Life of Groceries offers eye-opening listening and reading for anyone who eats — which is everyone — and wants to understand the extraordinary, often hidden, system that puts food on the shelves.