Meat Market: Animals, Ethics, & MoneyMeat Market elevates the debate over animal agriculture. Erik Marcus exposes and clears away the exaggerated claims and counterclaims put forth by the meat industry and its opponents. In the process, Marcus presents a thorough examination of animal agriculture'ss cruelties and its far-reaching social costs. Marcus then considers the discouraging progress made by the animal protection movement. He evaluates where the movement has gone wrong, and how its shortcomings could best be remedied. |
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... gallons of milk per year . By 1975 , yields per cow jumped to 1295 gallons . And by 2002 , the typical cow produced * Appendix H covers the deteriorating circumstances confronting slaughter- house workers and packinghouse towns . 2320 ...
... gallons of milk per year . By 1975 , yields per cow jumped to 1295 gallons . And by 2002 , the typical cow produced * Appendix H covers the deteriorating circumstances confronting slaughter- house workers and packinghouse towns . 2320 ...
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... gallon figure we just looked at . Given the figures presented in Robbins ' table , it is made to appear as though the Cattlemen are in dreamland with their low- ball claim of 441 gallons . But it turns out that the 2500 and 2464- gallon ...
... gallon figure we just looked at . Given the figures presented in Robbins ' table , it is made to appear as though the Cattlemen are in dreamland with their low- ball claim of 441 gallons . But it turns out that the 2500 and 2464- gallon ...
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... gallons of water.11 This 441 gallon figure is the number Robbins points to in The Food Revolution , setting it against the far larger estimates we just looked at . The Food Revolution was not the only time that Robbins wrote about the ...
... gallons of water.11 This 441 gallon figure is the number Robbins points to in The Food Revolution , setting it against the far larger estimates we just looked at . The Food Revolution was not the only time that Robbins wrote about the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Farmed Animal Lives | 15 |
Possibilities for Reform in Animal Agriculture | 49 |
Copyright | |
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