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Once upon a time we ate animals : the future of food / Roanne van Voorst ; translation by Scott Emblen-Jarrett.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Dutch Publisher: New York, NY : HarperOne, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First HarperOne editionDescription: x, 273 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780063005884
  • 0063005883
  • 9780063005891
  • 0063005891
Uniform titles:
  • Ooit aten we dieren. English
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction: Inventing a new color -- How farmers can change the world -- Why good people believe in bad stories -- Intermezzo: We didn't know -- From pasty and peeved to sexy as fuck -- Giraffes for the rich, vegetables for the poor and milk for all -- Wanted : man (20-40), sporty, sexy, vegan -- Plant overdose -- Intermezzo: A school trip to the slaughterhouse -- It's the law, stupid! -- Melting ice, bursting levees -- Epilogue: The beginning of the end.
Summary: "Though increasing numbers of people know that eating meat is detrimental to our own health and the planet's, many still can't be convinced to give up eating meat. But how can we change behavior when common arguments, scientific data, and information aren't working? Acclaimed anthropologist Roanne Van Voorst changes the dialogue. In Once Upon a Time We Ate Animals, she shifts the focus from the present looking forward to the future looking back--imagining a world in which most of us no longer use animals for food, clothing, or other items. By shifting the viewpoint, van Voorst offers a clear and compelling vision of what it means to live in a world without meat. A massive shift is already taking place -- everything van Voorst covers in this book has already been invented and is being used today by individuals and small organizations worldwide. Hopeful and persuasive, entertaining and informative, Once Upon a Time We Ate Animals offers a tantalizing vision of what is not only possible but perhaps inevitable"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 179.3 V951 Available 33111010781975
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Combining the ethical clarity of Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals with the disquieting vision of Alan Weissman's bestseller The World Without Us, a thought-provoking, entertaining exploration of a future where animal consumption is a thing of the past.



Though increasing numbers of people know that eating meat is detrimental to our planet's health, many still can't be convinced to give up eating meat. But how can we change behavior when common arguments and information aren't working?

Acclaimed anthropologist Roanne Van Voorst changes the dialogue. In Once Upon a Time We Ate Animals, she shifts the focus from the present looking forward to the future looking back--imagining a world in which most no longer use animals for food, clothing, or other items. By shifting the viewpoint, she offers a clear and compelling vision of what it means to live in a world without meat.

A massive shift is already taking place--everything van Voorst covers in this book has already been invented and is being used today by individuals and small organizations worldwide.

Hopeful and persuasive, Once Upon a Time We Ate Animals offers a tantalizing vision of what is not only possible but perhaps inevitable.

"Originally published as Ooit aten we dieren in Holland in 2019 by Uitgeverij Podium."

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: Inventing a new color -- How farmers can change the world -- Why good people believe in bad stories -- Intermezzo: We didn't know -- From pasty and peeved to sexy as fuck -- Giraffes for the rich, vegetables for the poor and milk for all -- Wanted : man (20-40), sporty, sexy, vegan -- Plant overdose -- Intermezzo: A school trip to the slaughterhouse -- It's the law, stupid! -- Melting ice, bursting levees -- Epilogue: The beginning of the end.

"Though increasing numbers of people know that eating meat is detrimental to our own health and the planet's, many still can't be convinced to give up eating meat. But how can we change behavior when common arguments, scientific data, and information aren't working? Acclaimed anthropologist Roanne Van Voorst changes the dialogue. In Once Upon a Time We Ate Animals, she shifts the focus from the present looking forward to the future looking back--imagining a world in which most of us no longer use animals for food, clothing, or other items. By shifting the viewpoint, van Voorst offers a clear and compelling vision of what it means to live in a world without meat. A massive shift is already taking place -- everything van Voorst covers in this book has already been invented and is being used today by individuals and small organizations worldwide. Hopeful and persuasive, entertaining and informative, Once Upon a Time We Ate Animals offers a tantalizing vision of what is not only possible but perhaps inevitable"-- Provided by publisher.

Translated from the Dutch.

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