Authors: Lierre Keith
ISBN-13: 9781604860801, ISBN-10: 1604860804
Format: Paperback
Publisher: PM Press
Date Published: May 2009
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Lierre Keith is a writer, a farmer, and a feminist activist. She is the author of the novels Conditions of War and Skyler Gabriel. She splits her time between Northampton, Massachusetts and Humboldt, California.
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 from within living communities. In order for this to happen, the argument champions eating locally and sustainably and encourages those with the resources to grow their own food. Further examining the question of what to eat from the perspective of both human and environmental health, the account goes beyond health choices and discusses potential moral issues from eating—or not eating—animals. Through the deeply personal narrative of someone who practiced veganism for 20 years, this unique exploration also discusses alternatives to industrial farming, reveals the risks of a vegan diet, and explains why animals belong on ecologically sound farms.
Why This Book? 1
Moral Vegetarians 13
Political Vegetarians 95
Nutritional Vegetarians 139
To Save the World 245
Acknowledgements 273
Appendix 275
Resources 277
Endnotes 281
Bibliography 297
About the Author 316