The True Cost of Cheap Meat. By: Philip Lymbery Media of Farmageddon food chain and what we are eating – as the UK horsemeat scandal demonstrated. PDF | On Oct 6, , Rita Hansen Sterne and others published Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat. Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat is a non-fiction book by Philip Lymbery and Isabel Oakeshott. It surveys the effects of industrial livestock.
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Amazon Rapids Fun stories for kids on the go. The weakness exists in what he doesn’t address: This book has changed the way I think about eating food. Reading a single section then putting Farmageddon aside for a while before returning to it I think is a better approach. Peru exports a million tonnes of anchoveta for this purpose every year — Quite the reverse, Lymbery argues.
Sep 04, Stef rated it really liked it Shelves: Do you want to know how chickens suffer from not being able to stretch and being made to stand on their sensitive feet in wire cages so their eggs can fall through and roll down to factory workers who are practically slaves? I was also amazed to learn about the lack of nutritional value of the resulting meat.
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Fortunately, after all the doom and gloom of animal suffering, ludicrous volumes of waste, destroyed land and rivers, there is a strong message of hope and extensive suggestions for how individual consumers can help to make a real difference.
I recommend the book highly for all who are interested in animal welfare and food sustainability. Do you want to know about pig excrement and the enormous amount of it in poisonous lagoons all over the world?
One thing that was frustrating me was how little information there is about the food we buy every day in the supermarkets. Philip Lymbery is the director of Compassion in World Farming, a meag farmer pioneered organisation formed in which now farmateddon worldwide offices and an equally eclectic swelling membership.
Food portal Book portal s portal Social movements portal. The general themes are all readily available elsewhere but I love that this book brings it all together in one place.
I was already familiar with many of the ills of factory farming described in this book, especially as it is practiced in North America. Following Lymbery’s prescriptions will not only help animals and the planet, it will also make you healthier and even, perhaps, wealthier. Please note that this farmateddon is not available for purchase from Bloomsbury. Books by Philip Lymbery. With every meal we eat, we choose whether or not to contribute to these problems. Views Read Edit View history.
The conversion of potential human food into meat in factory farms remains fundamentally famrageddon, more go in than come out.
However the management of milking cows can be such that their welfare is hardly compromised. To ask other readers questions about Farmageddonplease sign up.
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Muir rated it it was amazing Shelves: Unlike may other writers that throw criticism at modern food production, Philip Lymbery provides some practical advice on what we can do to improve the welfare of the food trrue eat and farmers that produce it. Julian’s website mear www. Farm animals have been disappearing from our fields as the production of food has become a global industry. Want to Read Currently Reading Read.
I took so much for granted till I read the book. During their specially planned world trip that makes up the body of evidence in this book, Philip Lymbery and Elizabeth Oakshot, political editor of The Sunday Timescome across scenes which would incriminate the perpetrators to a lifetime in gaol if the World possessed a justice system that dispensed genuine justice o man and beast alike.
Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat by Philip Lymbery
Here’s a link to one of the many videos about the meat industry on YouTube. These items are shipped from and sold by different sellers. But the other side of the equation is how many people there are in the first place.
But far more concerning is Lymbery’s contention that the wastefulness of feeding human-edible plants and fish to animals is not just absurd but catastrophic. The book was published by Bloomsbury.
Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat
Lists with This Book. Violations of Peru’s fishing quota laws are half-heartedly pursued, and the fishmeal-processing factories are giant quagmires of marine pollution. Oc should want to know.
ComiXology Thousands of Digital Comics. Lymbery thankfully leaves out exhortations to go vegan, being content to advise us all to simply become more conscious of what we put into our mouths everyday.