The Meat You Eat
Subtitle: How Corporate Farming Has Endangered America's Food Supply
Contributors: Wendell Berry (Foreword)
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: August 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780312325350
Subjects: Health aspects; Meat industry and trade; Consumer Health; Agricultural Policy; Livestock Marketing; Nutrition; Business & Economics; Business/Economics; Industries - Agribusiness; Environmental aspects; Agriculture - Animal Husbandry; Technology / Agriculture & Animal Husbandry; Moral and ethical aspects; United States; Agriculture - General
First sentence: "WE ONCE RAISED HOGS," SAYS LYNN McKINLEY OF her and her husband, Jerry, "but we had to quit; there just wasn't any place to market them locally.
Description: "The Meat You Eat explores the current practices of the corporations that have taken over the raising and slaughtering of farm animals (and farmed fish, such as salmon). These companies use a model that has transformed livestock farming from quality-driven, family-owned operations into big businesses concerned with volume, efficiency, uniformity, and profits above all. Midkiff reveals the true cost of agribusiness on all levels - environmental, financial, moral, legal, and medical - balancing startling truths with practical solutions." "Rather than advocate a vegan or vegetarian diet, Midkiff argues that using and supporting local farmers will improve the quality of life for us all, as well as for the animals whose meat we eat. Complete with resource sections about where to find local farmers and lists of agribusiness culprits, the book encourages us to take an active interest in what we put on our plates and in our mouths, and to use the power of our pocketbooks to make it clear that our health, our environment, and our communities are of vital importance."--BOOK JACKET.