The modern savage

By James E. McWilliams

Subjects: Industrie animale, Animaux destinés à l'alimentation, Food animals, SOCIAL SCIENCE, History, Human-animal relationships, Aspect moral, Food of animal origin, Relations homme-animal, Agriculture & Food, NATURE, Moral and ethical aspects, Vegetarian & Vegan, Vegetarianism, Animal industry, Animal Rights, Végétarisme, Animal welfare, COOKING

Description: "In the last four decades, food reformers have revealed the ecological and ethical problems of eating animals raised in industrial settings, turning what was once the boutique concern of radical eco-freaks into a mainstream movement. Although animal products are often labeled 'cage free,' 'free range,' and 'humanely raised,' can we trust these goods to be safe, sound, or ethical? In [this book] ... McWilliams pushes back against [what he sees as] the questionable moral standards of a largely omnivorous world and explores the 'alternative to the alternative'--not eating domesticated animals at all"--