The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability

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We’ve been told that a vegetarian diet can feed the hungry, honor the animals, and save the planet. Lierre Keith believed in that plant-based diet and spent twenty years as a vegan. But in The Vegetarian Myth, she argues that we’ve been led astray – not by our longings for a just and sustainable world, but by our ignorance.

The truth is that agriculture is a relentless assault against the planet, and more of the same won’t save us. In service to annual grains, humans have devastated prairies and forests, driven countless species extinct, altered the climate, and destroyed the topsoil – the basis of life itself. Keith argues that if we are to save this planet, our food must be an act of profound and abiding repair: it must come from inside living communities, not be imposed across them. Part memoir, part nutritional primer, and part political manifesto, The Vegetarian Myth will challenge everything you thought you knew about food politics.

Part of series ‏ : ‎ Flashpoint Press
Listening Length ‏ : ‎ 11 hours and 1 minute
Author ‏ : ‎ Lierre Keith
Narrator ‏ : ‎ Joyce Bean
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 25, 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Brilliance Audio
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0076T0YV8
Version ‏ : ‎ Unabridged
Program Type ‏ : ‎ Audiobook
Best Sellers Rank: #136,504 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #84 in Sustainable & Green Living #97 in Agricultural & Food Sciences #215 in Sustainable Agriculture (Books)
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