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Edible Media: In seitan's lair
Why the vegetarian critique of meat-eating should make meat-eaters squirm |
Tom Philpott |
28 Jan 2007 |
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| Edible Media takes an occasional look at interesting or deplorable food journalism on the web. It's been a rough couple of months for meat eaters. In late November, the FAO issued a startling report claiming that livestock production emits fully 18 percent of global greenhouse gases -- more than all the automobiles in the world. Then out comes a big book: The Bloodless Revolution by British scholar and proud 'freegan' Tristram Stuart. The book seeks to trace the 'cul ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, food, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, industrial ag, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics) |
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