The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.21 (884 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1531881483 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 420 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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A must read for any animal lover I too have struggled with my passion for living things against my requirement for proper nutrition. I have also debated people about the destruction of wild lands and ecosystems in the mistaken attempt to justify eating corn and soybeans instead of meat. This former vegetarian, suffering from malnutrition and the mental stress of not wanting to kill anything, even the bugs in her garden, has written an excellent, well resear. "It's not an easy read but the information in there is fantastic" according to PJ. This is a well written and well researched book. It's not an easy read but the information in there is fantastic. The author is extremely honest and she is writing the book from her personal experience and research. It's a very important book because you see how difficult it was for the author to reach her ultimate conclusions that its OK and its healthy to eat meat. Even if you are die hard vegan or vegetarian I think you o. Looks like Keith was right and the review was wrong again Kindle Customer In response to A. Perri's review. Don't be confused. Her up votes are all bitter vegans: "I would caution readers of this review to consider that if one is skeptical about the facts in Keith's published book, which would have gone through some fact checking on the part of the publisher, one should be even more skeptical about a review, which doesn't go through any such fact checking. I don't have time to dig up references on
Keith argues that if we are to save this planet, our food must be an act of profound and abiding repair: it must come from inside living communities, not be imposed across them.Part memoir, part nutritional primer, and part political manifesto, The Vegetarian Myth will challenge everything you thought you knew about food politics."Lierre Keith’s book is beyond fantastic." -Dr. Price Foundation"Whether you are a vegan, vegetarian, or never gave up meat at all, you will benefit from this author's painful mistakes and her laser-like focus on the path to a sane diet and all that it entails."-Peter Bane, Permaculture Activist. Lierre Keith believed in that plant-based diet and spent twenty years as a vegan. 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. Not only does The Vegetarian Myth make clear how we should be eating, but also how the dominant food system is killing the planet. This necessary book challenges many of the destructive myths we live by and offers us a way back into our bodies, and back into the fight to save the planet."-Derrick Jensen, author of Endgame and A Language Older Than Words"Everyone interested in
Everyone who eats vegetarian should memorize it . This is the single most important book I’ve ever read on diet, agriculture, and ecology." Aric McBay, author, What We Leave Behind. "Everyone who eats should read this book