Portrait of a Burger As a Young Calf: The True Story of One Man, Two Cows, and the Feeding of a Nation - Rilegato

Lovenheim, Peter

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ISBN 10: 0609605917 ISBN 13: 9780609605912

Casa editrice: Harmony Books, 2002

Riassunto

A journalist takes a behind-the-scenes tour of the beef and dairy industry, from livestock auctions to milk production to the slaughterhouse, as he describes how he purchased a pair of calves whose lives he planned to follow from adorable babies to slaughter and reflects on the ethical and social issues surrounding the American diet. 15,000 first printing.

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“Lovenheim’s book is masterful. Never has a book so big, so poignant, so important been written about the people who produce our milk and meat for us and the 110 million cattle from which they earn their livelihoods . . . . Peter Lovenheim confronts us with some unintended consequences of our eating habits.” —Franklin M. Loew, D.V.M., Ph.D.; member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences; and former dean of the cornell and the tufts university schools of Veterinary medicine

“Recalling Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, written in 1906, this book, too, carefully examines the deep disconnect between what we eat and where it comes from. Lovenheim is a meticulous observer with a deep feeling for the people who open their worlds to him . . . . The book’s freshness, originality, and humanity make it a rare journey of exploration.”—Scott McVay, President, the Chautauqua Institution

“This is wonderful writing about the process of farming and the people who farm. It’s a serious book, lucid and endearing. Lovenheim is good company as he follows two calves from birth to griddle, but raises the hard questions we try not to think about—the same questions raised by E. B. White in Charlotte’s Web.” —Mark Kramer, director of the Narrative Journalism Program, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University

“[Lovenheim] writes respectfully of farmers and expresses many of the same feelings I’ve had during a twenty-five-year career of handling farm animals. . . . Lots of people—including those who actually work with farm animals—are going to like this book." —Temple Grandin, author of Thinking in Pictures, and nationally recognized expert in farm animal handling and behavior

“This is an important book. It reminds us that farmers labor within a system they cannot easily change, and that the animals from which our food comes are living beings. I hope this book will inspire more dialogue between consumers and farmers about the way we produce our food.” —José Bové, chairman, Confédération Paysanne, France, and author of The World Is Not for Sale: Farmers Against Junk Food

L'autore:

Peter Lovenheim’s articles and essays have appeared in the New York Times, New York magazine, and other publications. A graduate of Boston University School of Journalism and Cornell Law School, he is the author of four previous books, including Becoming a Mediator: An Insider’s Guide to Exploring Careers in Mediation. He lives in Rochester, New York.

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• Editore: Harmony Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0609605917
• ISBN 13: 9780609605912
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 272