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The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, And Sustainability (2009)

by Lierre Keith(Favorite Author)

3.73 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1604860804 (ISBN13: 9781604860801)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

PM Press

review 1: After a few struggles with the seemingly scattered writing and the author's political outbursts, this book finally grabbed hold and wouldn't let go. Awesome, important read that brings a ton of information from vastly different sources and scientific disciplines to bear on the point that vegetarianism isn't an option for any sane person on this planet who wants to be healthy, environmentally conscious, or a part of the circle of life. The implications of the ideas presented, the conclusions and the reasoning, and the bibliography of sources, are stunning for their scope. I wish more people would read this book and allowed themselves to be truly affected by its message. Amazing read, I give it four stars for the aforementioned scattered beginning and occasional political ou... moretbursts. In all, fulfills its main goal of asking vegetarians some hard questions, and both them and the rest of us the really difficult ones about whether or not we want to live on this planet. Highly recommended.
review 2: The author brought up some interesting points and I even believe her about the devastation that agriculture has wrought on our ecosystem. But I think she is being too idealistic in thinking we can change the landscape enough to reverse the damage of the last 10 thousand years (at least enough to support a population of 7 billion and growing).I suppose I have a pessimistic outlook but I would prefer to stay closer to realism than idealism. We need to understand that even if we cleaned up all the messes we've created industrially, agriculturally, etc., there are emerging 3rd world countries with billions of people who are poised to strike the death blow to Earth as we know it. It's bleak but a very real danger.Understanding that this book was aimed more at vegan and vegetarian democrats than meat-eating libertarians like me, I still enjoyed the very informative presentation. I had no idea that a vegetarian diet was so damaging to our bodies (or to the soil, for that matter). I respect what the author was trying to do and to the extent that we can do it, I'm on board. I will make a greater effort to consume more local food than previously and I'm glad I read this book. less

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