| Description |
viii, 274 pages ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Subtitle on cover: The manifesto of an environmental lawyer and vegetarian turned rancher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cattle : Environment and culture -- The climate change case against cattle : Sorting fact from fiction -- All food is grass -- Water -- Biodiversity -- Overgrazing -- People -- Beef : Food and health -- Health claims against beef : The rest of the story -- Beef is good food -- Critique and final analysis -- A critique : What's the matter with beef? -- Final analysis : Why eat animals? |
| Summary |
"In Defending Beef, longtime vegetarian, environmental lawyer turned rancher Nicolette Hahn Niman dispels popular myths about how eating beef is bad for our bodies and planet. Grounded in empirical scientific data and with living examples from around the world, Hahn Niman builds a comprehensive argument that cattle can help build carbon-sequestering soils to mitigate climate change, enhance biodiversity, prevent desertification, and provide invaluable nutrition. While no single book can definitively answer the thorny question of how to feed the earth's growing population, Defending Beef makes the case that, whatever the world's future food system looks like, cattle and beef can and must be part of the solution."--Back cover. |
| Subject |
Beef cattle -- United States.
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Ranching -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
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Diet -- United States.
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| ISBN |
9781603585361 (pbk.) |
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1603585362 |
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