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A benign extravagance 2010 by simon fairlie, editor of the land magazine. In spite of or maybe because of having grown up on a farm in the american midwest, i have struggled with eating meat all my life. Meat a benign extravagance is an exploration of the difficult environmental. It lays out in detail the reasons why we must decrease the amount of meat we eat, both for the planet and for ourselves and explores how different forms of agriculture shape our landscape and culture. A benign extravagance is an exploration of the difficult environmental, ethical and health issues surrounding the human consumption of animal flesh. Simon fairlies meat a benign extravagance is the sanest book i have read on the subject of how the human race is going to feed itself in the years ahead gene logsdon. Meat eating is often a contentious subject, whether considering the technical, ethical, environmental, political, or healthrelated aspects of production and consumption. A benign extravagance 1st edition by simon fairlie, maddy harland isbn.
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A benign extravagance, fairlie, simon, logsdon, gene. We dont think it is, because we want to a help reduce the overall amount of meat eaten, and b help people to make a living from smallholding, which becomes a lot more difficult although not impossible without animals. He points out that a typical beef steer, reared for 500 days, produces 125 kilos of meat at slaughter. It lays out in detail the reasons why we must decrease the amount of meat we eat, both for the planet and for ourselves and explores how different forms of agriculture shape our landscape and. The meat we eat book download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Not a simple answer, but one that takes all views on meat eating into account. In his book meat, a benign extravagance, author and onetime editor of the ecologist, simon fairlie, painstakingly deconstructs these figures. Packed with ideas about why and how we are to live with less to ensure we have a hell of a lot more. The worlds meat consumption is rapidly rising, leading to devastating environmental impacts as well as having long term health implications for societies everywhere.
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Tara garnett head of the food climate research network at oxford university. The issue of eating meat is a touchy one, especially here in vancouver a trendsetting city that has more than its share of. Chief executive of the vegan society, simon fairlie, author of meat a benign extravagance, mark lynas, environmental author, and. Garnering huge praise in the uk, this is a book that answers the question. Meat ebook by simon fairlie 9781856230711 rakuten kobo.
In looking at the environmental consequences of what we eat and how we produce it, author simon fairlie tallies up plenty of points in veganisms favor. Meat a benign extravagance free download pdf book jan 27, 2020. Credit where credit is due the inspiration for monbiots change of mind is a new book meat. A benign extravagance, published by chelsea green 2010, right around the same time i wrote what some might consider a rather controversial blog on the subject of meat on urbandiner. He then subjects their case to the first treatment ive read that is. Offering much more than a gentle repudiation of veganism as a solution to the environmental crisis, mr. A benign extravagance, simon fairlie pays handsome tribute to vegans for opening up the debate. He did an abrupt uturn after reading simon fairlies book, meat a benign extravagance. Fairlie delivers a devastating critique of the corporate agribusiness system and a rallying call for us to restructure post. Meat a benign extravagance is an exploration of the difficult environmental and ethical issues that surround the human consumption of animal flesh. Simon fairlie on why eating meat is good for the planet time. From pimentals total, we can calculate that such a cow uses over 12 million litres of water.
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