The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter by Peter Singer, Jim Mason Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter
Book Review: An outstanding, balanced and persuasive text
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is an excellent introduction for those who want to find out more about where our food comes from. It is not preachy or aggressive. Rather, it opens your mind to the various arguments, while still offering the authors' views on the ethics of different food choices.
The text is very well-researched, from their own first-hand experience, talking to various farmers, as well as from the existing body of literature in science, dietetics, agriculture and philosophy.
No one could accuse this book of being unduly biased. They note the arguments of producers and concede ground where it is appropriate to do so. For example, they note the way some vegans overestimate the amount of water that it takes to produce different types of meat and reach a compromise figure that they believe more accurately reflects the amount of water that goes into beef. They also respectfully recognise the pressures that lead people to make unethical food choices and encourage a way forward without making people feel like they're being whacked over the head with a moral stick.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the origins of our food and how ethics relates to that.
Book Review: Very good, but. . .
Summary: 4 Stars
I really enjoy this book and found it to be very informative and inspirational in terms of eating more carefully. I just feel that the title is a little misleading. It doesn't say much about the problems with non-meat that we eat such as wheat and grains---which many don't tolerate well and they take up a lot of natural resources like water and space as opposed to some things grown using agroforestry like bananas, mangoes, plantain and coconuts--which feed a lot of people and take up less space (from animals) and less water. They talk alot about eating local which I agree with to a large extent but I also know it is helpful to people with fragile economies when we eat produce they grow--it actually helps others outside of the United States. Then too there is the issue of clearing land and maintaining it with ploughs which kills lots of indigenous wildlife like rabbits and other small animals as well as nesting birds. So while I really enjoy the concept of this book and realize it contains vital information for the public, I hope in future editions they will address some of the other issues people are less familiar with at this point, like eating cash crops grown by indigenous people, leaning more on agroforestry and less on massive land crops that kill animals and use nature resources.Book Review: A latter-day Dr. Mengele worries about food ethics.
Summary: 1 Stars
I was amazed to see a book, written by an advocate of abortion, infanticide and euthanasia (not to mention some of his other vile opinions) obsessing about the ethics of food production. This latter-day Dr. Mengele has no qualms about advocating the most horrific, degenerate practices as regards human life, but he's terribly concerned about "corporate deception" and the rest of the left's comic-book catalog of villainy. Ah, yes -- dat ol' debbil corporation!
I am as interested in this horrifying guttersnipe's opinions on food as I would be in Dr. Mengele's.
Book Review: Book with an impact!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is an eye-opener for any conscious consumer. Be aware that you are going to be confronted with some sad facts, although the authors are very fair showing all the pros and cons if applicable. I hope many young people are going to read it!Book Review: Life-changing book.
Summary: 5 Stars
Having been a vegetarian for years and very well informed about the situation of food production in America, I thought this book was going to be a quick read with little new to tell me. HA! This book comprises one of the most compelling arguments I have ever read, thoughtful, carefully considering all sides of the issues. I am buying copies for my friends and family because I want everyone I know to read this book.