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The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice and Sustainability
The Vegetarian Myth Food Justice and Sustainability
Author: Lierre Keith
Part memoir, nutritional primer, and political manifesto, this controversial examination exposes the destructive history of agriculture—causing the devastation of prairies and forests, driving countless species extinct, altering the climate, and destroying the topsoil—and asserts that, in order to save the planet, food must come...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781604860801
ISBN-10: 1604860804
Publication Date: 5/1/2009
Pages: 320
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4.5 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: PM Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Audio CD
Members Wishing: 12
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From the back cover: We've been told that a vegetarian diet can feed the hungry, honor the animals, and save the planet. Lierre Keith believed in that plant-based diet and spent 20 years as a vegan. But in this book she argues that we've been led astray-not by our longings for a just and sustainable world, but by our ignorance. The truth is that agriculture is a relentless assault against the planet, and more of the same won't save us. In service to annual grains, humans have devastated prairies and forests, driven countless species extinct, altered the climate, and destroyed the topsoil-the basis of life itself. "The Vegetarian Myth" is part memoir, part nutritional primer and part political manifesto.

I had a hard time making it through this controversial book. I am not a vegan or a vegetarian, but I was contemplating this option. Now I think I'm more confused than before. This book is in new condition because I bought it new and I'm the only one that read it.
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