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On Eating Meat

The truth about its production and the ethics of eating it

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By: Matthew Evans
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"Intellectually thrilling - a book that challenges both vegans and carnivores in the battle for a new ethics of eating. This book will leave you surprised, engrossed and sometimes shocked - whatever your food choices." RICHARD GLOVER
How can 160,000 deaths in one day constitute a 'medium-sized operation'?
Think beef is killing the world? What about asparagus farms? Or golf?
Going vegan might be all the rage, but the fact is the world has an ever-growing, insatiable appetite for meat - especially cheap meat. Former food critic and chef, now farmer and restaurateur Matthew Evans grapples with the thorny issues around the ways we produce and consume animals. From feedlots and abattoirs, to organic farms and animal welfare agencies, he has an intimate, expert understanding of the farming practices that take place in our name. Evans calls for less radicalisation, greater understanding, and for ethical omnivores to stand up for the welfare of animals and farmers alike. Sure to spark intense debate, On Eating Meat is an urgent read for all vegans, vegetarians and carnivores.
"Compelling, illuminating and often confronting...Matthew Evans brings his unflinching honesty - and a farmer's hands-on experience - to the question of how to be an ethical carnivore." HUGH MACKAY©2019 Matthew Evans (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd Biological Sciences Environment Nature & Ecology Outdoors & Nature Personal Development Science Vegan Vegetarian
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Whether you eat meat, or you don’t, this is an important book. Well balanced and impartial

Everyone should read this

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I really appreciated this book for covering some tricky issues with a balanced and considered approach. I think I will move into a much more conscious meat eater and soon farmer. Well worth the read

Such good questions and a balanced discussion

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Thank you for the honesty about meat I thought I knew a bit but I definitely know a lot more now!

An honest insight

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Well told story of our meat production. My only criticism is lack of emphasis on how important res meat is for nutrition in the young and older folk. Also the consumption of meat has gone up but only because of the massive increase of chicken and pork in our diets - red meat consumption has actually dropped per capita. Another good book (although not as delightfully written) is Sacred Cow by Diana Rodgers and rob wolff

Excellent balanced book.

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Stark reminder of what we put on our plate everyday. I have read similar style books, easy to listen to. Good thought provoking topics

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