Unabridged Audiobook
The narrator was good and the book was an eye opener.
This is a lively, well-written and inspiring book by an author who clearly brings us his knowledge after reviewing hundreds of journal articles on the economics of the meat industry. Taxpayers prop-up this industry with billions of dollars of payments to help it advertise, often very misleadingly. This has helped cause Americans to eat about THREE TIMES the amount of meat as other countries, with such over-consumption bringing us higher rates deadly heart disease, obesity and cancer. At the same time, the U.S. has removed cruelty-to-animals limitations on farm animals, resulting in very troubling treatment of billions of animals that are part of our factory farming system. If animal welfare does not concern you, there is an excellent, cogent chapter on the costs to our land and water of cultivating so many animals. I did not fast-forward any of this right-sized nine-hour audio book. Kudos to the author and reader. Highly recommended!
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