The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability

by Lierre Keith

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604860804
• ISBN13: 9781604860801
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Flashpoint Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"