The compassionate carnivore [electronic resource] : or, how to keep animals happy, save Old MacDonald's Farm, reduce your hoofprint, and still eat meat / Catherine Friend.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-276) and index. Description based on print version record.
Contents:
A Index. Pulling my head out of the sand -- Pork-chop-on-a-stick -- Can a carnivore be compassionate? -- I learn a few F-words -- Meet fluffy - she'll be your lamb chop tonight -- pt. 2. Stuffing ourselves -- Leading the meat stampede -- How much is too much? -- Listen to your mother and clean up your plate -- pt. 2. 3. Old MacDonald's farm is gone -e-i-e-i-o -- Falling for little Bo Peep -- It's not a wonderful life -- That's one heck of a footprint -- pt. 4. As green as it gets -- Sustainable is more than a buzzword -- Grass framing as aerobic exercise -- It's a chicken's (and pig's and sheep's and steer's and cow's) life -- Go organic ...or not -- To certify or not to certify -- An animal is what it eats -- To your health -- pt. 5. Choosing how animals die -- Where there's livestock, there's dead stock -- A disassembly line -- Letter to my lambs -- Inside an abattoir -- pt. 6. Time for a break; taking a pasture walk -- Talking to animals -- Do sheep feel sheepish? -- Sexual congress (between, not with, animals) -- pt. 7. Bowling together (slowly, wearing an apron) -- Get real about your goals -- Don't bowl alone -- Start where you live -- Finding a farmer -- Visiting a farm -- Learning the lingo -- Slow food vs. go food -- Embracing eggplant -- pt. 8. Making a difference -- A seat at the table -- Connecting the dots -- Meanwhile, back at the fair ... -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Resources -- Index.
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