Defending Beef: The Case for Sustainable Meat Production
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (939 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1603585362 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Hahn Niman argues that dispersed, grass-fed, small-scale farms can and should become the basis for American food production, replacing the factory farms that harm animals and the environment.The authora longtime vegetariangoes on to dispel popular myths about how eating beef is bad for our bodies. In fact, properly managed livestock play an essential role in maintaining grassland ecosystems by functioning as surrogates for herds of wild ruminants that once covered the globe. She methodically evaluates health claims made against beef, demonstrating that such claims have proven false. She shows how foods from cattlemilk and meat, particularly when raised entirely on grassare healthful, extremely nutritious, and an irreplaceable part of the world’s food system.Grounded in empirical scientific data and with living examples from around the world, Defending Beef builds a comprehensive argument that cattle can help to build carbon-sequestering soils to mitigate climate change, enhance biodiversity, help prevent desertification, and provide invaluable nutrition.Defending Beef is simultaneously a book about bi
"Comprehensive and Balanced" according to Robert Zielkowski. The ongoing debate over beef production and consumption is rife with pride, hardened egos, and conflict. Defending Beef provides the most current description of the many facets to this debate and a breath of fresh air from the common, myopic manner that unfortunately characterizes how the related topics are often treated. While far from being free of passion, t. "Medium Rare" according to Vilnis Neilands. The author formerly was an environmental attorney steeped in natural sciences, who by serendipity ended up immersed in cattle ranching and by her own admission stopped imbibing the Kool Aid of her former indoctrination.It is pleasant to read of the awakening of someone from the slumber of the Bambi mantra. She does so quite well and eloquently as far as cattle . A riveting and illuminating book for all! 'Defending Beef' is an enjoyable and straightforward book which I highly recommend to be read by all, especially by those who, like me, were raised to think that red meat is bad for you and the environment. A passionate and riveting manifesto for sustainable meat production, it does not defend beef the way it is currently produced on a large, industrial scale.
She lives on a ranch in Northern California, with her husband, Bill Niman, and their two sons.. Nicolette Hahn Niman is the author of Defending Beef. She previously served as senior attorney for the Waterkeeper Alliance, running their campaign to reform the concentrated production of livestock and poultry. In recent years she has gained a national reputation as an advocate for sustainable food production and improved farm-animal welfare. She
… Defending Beef gives advocates of sustainable livestock a powerful weapon.”Library Journal-"Niman (Righteous Porkchop), previously a senior attorney for the Waterkeeper Alliance, has a simple premise: 'We should eat what our bodies evolved to eat.' This title lays out her arguments in two sections. She also shows that healthy pastures also provide plenty of other benefits, including habitat for pollinating insects and birds, which are declining rapidly as industrial grain farmingmostly for grain to feed confined animalsexpands.”--Tom Philpott, Mother Jones, Best Food Books of 2014“The former environmental lawyer and now rancher Nicolette Hahn Niman … has now collected her thoughts in the elegant, strongly argued Defending Beef.”--Corby Kummer, The Atlantic, Best Food Books of 2014The Los Angeles T