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> From Publishers Weekly
> Ethicist Singer and co-author Mason (Animal Factories) document
cor****ate
> deception, widespread waste and desensitization to inhumane practices in
> this consideration of ethical eating. The authors examine three
families'
> grocery-buying habits and the motivations behind those choices. One
woman
> says she's "absorbed in my life and my family...and I don't think very
> much about the welfare of the meat I'm eating," while a wealthier
husband
> and wife mull the virtues of "triple certified" coffee, buying local and
> avoiding chocolate harvested by child slave labor, though "no one seems
to
> be pondering that as they eat." In investigating food production
> conditions, the authors' first-hand experiences alternate between horror
> and comedy, from slaughterhouses to artificial turkey-insemination ("the
> hardest, fastest, dirtiest, most disgusting, worst-paid work"). This
> sometimes-graphic exposé is not myopic: profitability and animal welfare
> are given equal consideration, though the reader finishes the book
> agreeing with the authors' conclusion that "America's food industry
seeks
> to keep Americans in the dark about the ethical components of their food
> choices." A no-holds-barred treatise on ethical consumption, this is an
> im****tant read for those concerned with the long, frightening trip
between
> farm and plate.
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/157954889X/latenightline-20
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