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Monday, May 08, 2006

Peter Singer's new book


Singer's new book, 'The Way We Eat,' co-written with Jim Mason, looks at the eating habits of three different American families: vegans, 'conscientious omnivores' and a family eating the 'standard American diet.' The elements of each diet and the production chain that brought it to the table are then carefully considered in light of environmental impact, fair trade, the organic movement, the grow-local movement, genetically modified foods, animal rights and the depredations of agribusiness."

Check out the article here

2 Comments:

Blogger fungua mlango said...

holy cow that video Singer mentions (and is linked to in the Salon article) is a must see...so disturbing.

5/08/2006 9:12 PM

 
Blogger jeff cramer said...

holy cow might be the wrong phrase...man what a video. Is that what it's like everywhere all the time? Is this going on thousands of times a day around the country? Man.

5/09/2006 2:54 PM

 

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