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“If we are not given the option to live without violence, we are given the choice to center our meals around harvest or slaughter, husbandry or war. We have chosen slaughter. We have chosen war. That's the truest version of our story of eating animals.
Can we tell a new story?”
― Eating Animals
Can we tell a new story?”
― Eating Animals
“Not responding is a response - we are equally responsible for what we don't do.”
― Eating Animals
― Eating Animals
“One of the greatest opportunities to live our values-or betray them-lies in the food we put on our plates.”
― Eating Animals
― Eating Animals
“Needless to say, jamming deformed, drugged, overstressed birds together in a filthy, waste-coated room is not very healthy. Beyond deformities, eye damage, blindness, bacterial infections of bones, slipped vertebrae, paralysis, internal bleeding, anemia, slipped tendons, twisted lower legs and necks, respiratory diseases, and weakened immune systems are frequent and long-standing problems on factory farms.”
― Eating Animals
― Eating Animals
“Elsewhere the paper notes that vegetarians and vegans (including athletes) 'meet and exceed requirements' for protein. And, to render the whole we-should-worry-about-getting-enough-protein-and-therefore-eat-meat idea even more useless, other data suggests that excess animal protein intake is linked with osteoporosis, kidney disease, calcium stones in the urinary tract, and some cancers. Despite some persistent confusion, it is clear that vegetarians and vegans tend to have more optimal protein consumption than omnivores. ”
― Eating Animals
― Eating Animals
Veronica’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Veronica’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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