Meat: A Benign Extravagance
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (849 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1603583246 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Fascinating foray into the complexities of food production Z. Cohen Since this can be a contentious subject, I will begin this review by disclaiming my personal positions on the core issues of this book, so that my appraisal may be interpreted in light of my bias. I am very passionate about diet, food, and ecology. My concerns regarding this subject matter are nutrition, ecological issues (in which I include agricultural economy, environmental consequences, and sustainability), social issues, and lastly morality. I have lived. Jerry Larsoni said You have to read (well, part of) this.. This is a phenomenal book. I'd like to give it more than five stars if I could. Seriously, if you are interested in this subject, or these subjects, and want to understand them, you need to read this. "These subjects" include the ethical and environmental issues around eating meat, but also the larger issue of how can we feed all these people, and how can we develop a sustainable civilization on this planet?On the other hand, you don't need to read the whole . "Fairlie" well balanced and well researched Wulfstan Very interesting book about Meat and how meat can be part of an Organic permaculture. The author here debunks many myths about meat and how meat raising is bad or good for the environment. Many single issue groups have spread "facts" about how either meat is horrible and dangerous for the environment- or the savior of mankind and our economy.Of course, the truth lies between. The author presents solid facts how some meat raising, as part of an overall Organic
His most recent novel is Pope Mary and the Church of Almighty Good Food. He writes a popular blog, The Contrary Farmer, as well as an award-winning column for the Carey Ohio Progressor Times, and is a regular contributor to FarmingMagazine and Draft Horse Journal. He now runs Chapter 7, an organization that provides planning advice to smallholders and other low income people in the countryside. He was a co-editor of The Ecologist
It lays out in detail the reasons why we must indeed decrease the amount of meat we eat, both for the planet and for ourselves, and yet explores how different forms of agriculture--including livestock--shape our landscape and culture.At the heart of this book, Simon Fairlie argues that society needs to re-orient itself back to the land, both physically and spiritually, and explains why an agriculture that can most readily achieve this is one that includes a measure of livestock farming. It is a well-researched look at agricultural and environmental theory from a fabulous writer and a farmer, and is sure to take off where other books on vegetarianism and veganism have fallen short in their global scope.. Garnering huge praise in the UK, this is a book that answers the question: should we be farming animals, or not? Not a simple answer, but one that takes all views on meat eating into account. Meat: A Benign Extravagance is a groundbreaking exploration of the difficult environmental, ethical and health issues surrounding the human consumption of animals
By helping us understand how our food choices actually shape the landscape in which we live, he provides a perspective that is all too often missing in the more simplistic judgments which are all too prevalent in our public discourse about food. Erudite, well grounded in the author's farming experience, and delightfully written, this book recommends itself to all permaculture designers, and to every intelligent reader who has concerns for climate stability and a regenerative land use. Even scientists who do Life Cycle Analysis often miss the landscape impact analysis. It is more than a primer, offering an insightful examination of the central problems of a