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Tanja Busse
Tanja Busse (born 1970), studied journalism and philosophy in Dortmund, Bochum and Pisa. In 2000 she received her doctorate (Dr. phil.) with the work "Weltuntergang als Erlebnis. Apokalyptische Erzählungen in den Massenmedien vor der Jahrtausendwende". 1992/93 she volunteered at the West German Radio in Cologne, where she has since worked as a writer, editor and presenter. Currently she hosts the radio-show "Neugier genügt" on WDR 5. She also writes for the weekly newspaper "Die Zeit" and the Greenpeace magazine.
Selected Publications
Die Ernährungsdiktatur. Warum wir nicht länger essen dürfen, was die Industrie uns auftischt. Blessing Verlag, München (2010)
Die Einkaufsrevolution. Konsumenten entdecken ihre Macht. Blessing Verlag, München (2006)
Melken und gemolken werden. Die ostdeutsche Landwirtschaft nach der Wende, Chr. Links Verlag, Berlin (2001)
Selected Quotations
"Shopping is not just a private pleasure. It is a political act just as a vote in a political election. Each time we buy a product it´s a decision on social and ecological standards of its production."
Die Einkaufsrevolution, München 2006
"There is enough food for all of us 7 billion people in the world. The global yields are bigger than ever before, yet there are more people hungry and more and more people are ill because they eat too much."
Die Ernährungsdiktatur, München 2010