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The Vegetarian Myth
- Food, Justice, and Sustainability
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
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Summary
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.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-09-21
the real wakeup call indeed
Particular part 2 opens your eyes to the reality on how bad we manage the planet and what dangers vegetarianism represent.
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- P Castle
- 12-11-21
Brilliant
This is one of the most enlightening books I have read in a while.
A must read for everyone that eats!
Thank you for the knowledge and empowerment to make better choices and change my world.
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- Mindaugas Miliunas
- 25-08-21
Misinformed author.
5 stars for debunking vegetarian /vegan diet.
2 stars for everything else.
Many "facts" are political rather than scientific.
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- Ninds
- 27-11-18
End-to-End Thinking
Finally, a book that took the subject end-to-end.
What are the effects on our health, what is the real cost of agriculture, how is this amazing ecosystem we live in a fine valance, but most interestingly number and economics.
This is an absolute must for anyone genuinely interested in saving the planet.
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- Xander
- 29-03-17
disturbingly convincing
Thank you, I needed to read this... there will be lots more thinking in my near future.
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- Michael Digby (MK)
- 20-10-21
Brilliant
A great look into the reasons we are destroying the planet. And the ways we can truly help it to heal.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-02-19
Interesting, but....
There are some very good points raised in the book and certainly has made me think a lot more about the implications of the increased use of crop growing. I would recommend independently researching some of scientific claims in this book as they either don't stand up or she has cherry picked those that support her opinion.
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- Lewis
- 16-03-18
Mind Blowing
The content and message within this book absolutely blew my mind. So insightful and makes a ton of sense. It did lose me when the author strayed away from the topic of vegetarianism to talk about feminism but it was still well worth a read. The content is mostly referring to American farming and diets so not universally applicable to other western societies but it gets there eventually.
The narrator was not the best especially when using Americanisms for words rather than the traditional English.
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- Carl McC
- 20-05-19
Eye opening
Excellent book detailing the truths behind destructive vegetarian and vegan choices, political naritives and farming methods. A little of topic at times with some left wing agendas but more the most and excellent and enlightening read.
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- Pedro
- 02-05-24
The extremely well researched information.
I loved the thought provoking. truth telling with enough lived experience. I will absolutely recommend this book to everyone, in fact, I'm about to give a copy to a good vegetarian friend.
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