About this title: In this acclaimed work, author John Robbins, the son of the founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream company, reveals the barbaric and unsanitary conditions of American slaughter and dairy houses. He also addresses the large-scale ecological and health problems that are caused by Americans' obsession with high-protein diets. He shares studies that ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Stillpoint Publishing
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780913299548ISBN:0913299545
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. trade pb, 15a3, minor shelf/edge wear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 423 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
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"I have been 95% vegan now for two years and finally got around to reading this classic expose of American factory farming, food industry propaganda and brainwashing, and environmental destruction, plus so much more.
Written in 1987 by the heir to the Baskin-Robbins empire, Robbins' book was highly influential and shocking at the time. These days, with Fast Food Nation, Michael Pollan's proselytizing on organic produce, and, really, the Internet's vast stores of information on feedlots and food politics, none of the information here is that shocking or new. Still, it's incredible to read and to understand WHY brainwashed ideas like the Protein Myth and the Calcium Myth exist ~ how they were created (by the food industries themselves) and perpetuated (advertising dollars!).
On the plus side, the availability of organic food and the rise of viral (no pun intended) information about the environmental destruction caused by factory farming HAS created a small shift over the last 22 years. On the downside, unfortunately, NOT that much has ultimately changed.
I don't condone preaching veganism because that's not an effective way to get the point across, but this book is a great resource for vegans (or wannabes) who would really like to know what they're talking about and choose to lead or inspire by example."
"I read this in high school, when I had a stronger stomach for tales of factory farming. It set my eating agenda for about 8 years after that. Now I'm back to meat. Perhaps I should read it again."
"Yet another book that makes me look at a hamburger or chicken sandwich beyond what's on my plate. Author begins with many examples of animals love towards us and each other. Then goes into the deplorable way these animals are raised to feed us, and what they are ingesting/injecting to maintain their lives. He also touches on the marketing of them for the benefit of the companies involved, noting that we can obtain protein from plant products instead of a diet heavy in meat. (I think the food pyramid has changed since this book was first written, 1988)"
"This book will make almost any normal person want to be a vegetarian. It is well written and exposes Americas meat and poultry industry for the horrors that they are.
I am no longer Veg, but was for several years after reading this. I try to eat only friendly beef and poultry as much as possible.
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