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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
- 05-06-17
excellent
I have been a vegan /vegetarian for a period of 35 years. I have hashimoto disease premature menopause osteoporosis and depression now for 10 years , this book explains how my diet has destroyed my health . it also explains how my good intentions are helping to destroy the planet .
Thank you I am now on the long journey to hopefully regaining my health and maybe I will get some energy back to live life proper
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- Ericson
- 09-09-21
Lots of truth! I loved it!
Listening for the second time and enjoying it even more than the first time. Lots of truth in the content! As you already know. Don't judge a book by its cover.
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- Pablo
- 18-02-23
Good points although non realistic solution
If one remove all the radical and hateful feminism and ideological dogmas, then you have left a pretty decent book. The theory of a circular food chain is well argued and the health consequences of what we eat is also very interesting. Yet trying to blame that to masculinity, theories of exploitation and monotheistic religion only remove value to the book. It has been a while since I have been in the monthly patriarchy meetings, but we never conspire to tell people what to eat.
On the other hand, the conclusion and solution for the problem is the classic malthusian reduction of population (the author maybe doesn't know that is a conservative and racist theory). Not having kids will create more depressed people than veganism ( the joy and happiness of children will never been understood for someone without them, however parents have been childless first, so are the only capable of comparing being with and without children), and stop using cars...well it is not only food that comes with fueled vehicles. And for growing your own food, yes, if you can afford it. Not everyone can buy a farm for it, but those who can, I say go for it. I grow some of my food, but I would die if I can only eat that. But i also need shelter , heating, clothing, medicines...How about propose as a start a business with healthy meat ( not grain feed) and vegetables and those who can afford it buy it in supermarkets ( despite being transported by trucks).
Anyways the book is entertaining and interesting, so I would recommend it, to anyone (vegetarian or not).
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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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