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Foer devotes most of this book to providing a detailed condemnation of industrial animal agriculture—or factory farming??which provides more than 99% of the meat consumed in America today and which has exactly nothing to do with the pastoral image most people associate with the word “farm...
Nonbelievers may find Foer’s arguments about factory-farming??s human impact more convincing. He enumerates issues of water pollution, abuse of the work force, cutthroat competition with local businesses and near-intolerably low health standards. Foer could have written a book just about these aspects of industrial farming, and it may well have provided a more compelling rationale for choosing vegetarianism. But it would have been less affecting. However, like his novels, “Eating Animals” often uses graphics, such as a small box the size of an industrial chicken cage...
...idea of “wind farming?? (News, "Council To Vote on Energy Bill," Dec. 2) conjures up many images, but global controversy is usually not among them. Most of us would never imagine that such a great idea might have some pretty big problems associated with it. Certainly the students at Harvard weren’t advised or made aware when they decided to purchase renewable (mostly wind) power from companies that are no doubt well aware...