"The everyday horrors of factory farming are evoked so vividly, and the case against the people who run the system is presented so convincingly, that anyone who, after reading Foer's book, continues to consume the industry's products must be without a heart, or impervious to reason, or both." J.M. Coetzee, author of The Lives of Animals
This is not about being a vegetarian or vegan or omnivore, it's about knowing where 99% of our meat, poultry and fish come from and deciding if this is a system we want to continue to support, to the detriment of our own health, the animals' welfare, and the devastating effects on our world, in terms of global warming, pollution and disease creation.
This is not about being a vegetarian or vegan or omnivore, it's about knowing where 99% of our meat, poultry and fish come from and deciding if this is a system we want to continue to support, to the detriment of our own health, the animals' welfare, and the devastating effects on our world, in terms of global warming, pollution and disease creation.
Want to know more? Read the book. And yes, you DO have time. It's not War and Peace, for Christ's sake.
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