<DIV>Aviation is in the spotlight as the fastest growing contributor to climate change. Yet air freight, as opposed to people, has escaped scrutiny. Food – fruit, vegetables, fish and meat, along with ornamental plants, is the largest and fastest growing air freight sector. <br/><br/>In Plane Truth Rose Bridger locates the role of aviation within the global economic order. She shows how produce exported to Europe, the Middle East and the US is based on wasteful supply chains of multiple connecting flights from industrialized export plantations. The book documents how the industry is propped up by governments and the ways in which it is contributing to deteriorating social and environmental standards. <br/><br/>Plane Truth reveals the symbiotic relationship between aviation and resource extraction, providing a highly sophisticated account which takes discussion of the political economy of climate change to a new level.</p></div>