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Human Treatment of Animals: Meat Production and Vegetarianism

"This easy-to-use, concise reference for vegans, vegetarians, the health-conscious, and curious alike, documents thousands of animal and animal derived ingredients. Contents include an extensive chapter on vegan nutrition; over 150 listings complete with explanations and alternatives; over 200 beers, wines, and information on the ever confusing world of cider; alphabetical listings of animal derived ingredients and ingredients that can sometimes be animal derived; a thorough resource guide."

"Becoming Vegetarian is a comprehensive and up-to-the minute guide to achieving a healthful vegetarian lifestyle. Written by three highly qualified dietitians, all of the key questions which arise for those who are beginning a dietary shift away from animal products are addressed, as well as those questions long term vegetarians have who want to ensure that their dietary pattern is nutritionally adequate."

"A brilliant and devastating examination and indictment of the [industry] that has come to shape and warp our world. Rifkin incorporates anthropology, history, sociology, economics, and ecology to demonstrate how 'cattle culture' has led to increased hunger, disease, and environmental devastation. This persuasive book should be an urgent warning to everyone who cares about the fate of the earth."

"An extraordinary look at our dependence on animals for food, and the profoundly inhumane and unhealthy conditions under which they are currently raised. It is a beautifully written and intensely moving account of these conditions, and reveals the astounding physical, emotional and economic price we unknowingly pay."

"John Robbins, son of the founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire, presents his theories about how an animal-based diet is killing Americans. Robbins [buttresses] his strong opinions about how America must reform its diet with commentary from physicians and academics, including some experts from Cornell University who appear on camera. Robbins himself visits farms where pigs, cattle, and chicken are raised in hellish conditions to make the point that modern meat production is inhumane." [Amazon.com]

"Schlosser's investigation [of American fast food] reaches its frightening peak in the meatpacking plants as he reveals the almost complete lack of federal oversight of a seemingly lawless industry. His searing portrayal of the industry is disturbingly similar to Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, written in 1906: nightmare working conditions, union busting, and unsanitary practices that introduce E. coli and other pathogens into restaurants, public schools, and homes." [Amazon.com]

"When former cattle rancher Howard Lyman appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1996 to share his insider view of the danger of Mad Cow Disease spreading to this country, his revelations about the beef industry prompted a group of Texas cattlemen to file a lawsuit charging Lyman and the talk show host with 'food disparagement.' That wasn't enough to silence Howard Lyman, and in this stirring account of his journey from meat-loving cowboy to vegetarian environmental activist, he tells the whole truth about the catastrophic consequences of an animal-based diet."

"The classic articulation of the hidden connections between meat eating and patriarchy, between vegetarianism and feminism. In an innovative approach to violence against women and animals, [Adams] uses feminist literary theory to enlighten social practices and develops the thesis that women and animals are linked as 'absent referents' in the context of patriarchal society."

"With powerful descriptions reminiscent of Upton Sinclair's masterpiece The Jungle, this book takes a shocking, frightening look at where our beef, poultry, and pork are 'mass-produced.'"

"A fresh look at issues addressed a decade ago by Frances Moore Lappe (Diet for a Small Planet), Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating shines a strong light on the unhealthful, inhumane, and destructive aspects of the typical American diet. Vegan is packed with documented research, nutritional information, and telling photos."

"What these compilers—magazine writers—excel at is explaining, once and for all, the facts about shunning meat. Included in their discussions are different types of vegans, rebuttals of the 'improper nutrition' myth, health issues from cancer to osteoporosis, alternative medicine, and environmentally friendly lifestyles. Plain and simple language infused with appropriate humor is augmented by 14 menus with 35 recipes and shopping lists, by end-of-chapter reading lists, and by sidebars filled with information and suggestions about tofu, holiday dinners, etc." [Barbara Jacobs, Booklist]