Vegetarianism / Amy Francis, book editor.
Material type: TextSeries: Current controversiesPublisher: Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, [2015]Description: 224 pages : 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780737772272
- 0737772271
- 9780737772289
- 073777228X
- 613.2/6 23
- TX392 .V4428 2015
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | Karen H. Huntsman Library Main Book Collection - Second Level | 613.26 V524 2015 | 1 | Available | 38060007448582 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overview: People choose their diets based on personal reasons / Stephanie Kraftson, Jana Pohorelsky, and Alex Myong -- Vegetarians contribute to global food security / Live58 -- Meat-based diets perpetuate global hunger and climate change / Mimi Bekhechi -- Livestock contributes to global warming / Robert Goodland and Jeff Anhang -- Meat production can benefit the earth / Doug Boucher et al. -- Cattle can be used to reverse global warming / Adam D. Sacks -- Grazing animals improve soil quality / Heather Dugmore -- Plant-based diets' environmental impact examined in French study / Andrew Seaman -- Overview: Vegetarians' beliefs are just as sincere as those of traditional religious faiths / Sherry F. Colb -- Vegetarianism is a moral decision with many benefits / Melanie Joy -- Vegetarianism is the only morally acceptable diet / Robert Grillo -- Buddhists are permitted to consume meat / Wayne Hughes -- There are spiritual benefits to vegetarianism / George Burke -- There is a moral middle ground in the omnivore vs. vegetarian debate / Joe Perez -- Overview: The evolution of vegetarianism / Sari Kamin -- Pro-animal, pro-life / Mary Eberstadt -- Vegetables can be grown without the use of animal products / John Walker -- Animals suffer needlessly for food production / Ted Genoways -- Vegetarians may be responsible for more animal deaths than omnivores / Julie Galef -- Vegetarian diets cause more animal cruelty than eating meat / Mike Archer -- Even small-scale vegetable farming requires hunting animals / Tovar Cerulli -- Vegan diets are good for athletes / Scott Jurek -- A plant-based diet has impressive benefits / Sharon Palmer -- Meat-based diets improved human intelligence / Christopher Joyce -- Not everyone benefits from a vegetarian diet / Sandro D'Amico -- Vegetables cause more cases of food poisoning than meat / NHS Choices -- Vegetarian diets are not healthy / Kris Gunnars.
This collection of articles pro and con on vegetarianism examines whether meat-based diets are bad for the planet, the moral and spiritual implications of vegetarianism, the extent to which vegetarian diets are more humane that diets that include meat, and whether a vegetarian diet is beneficial for health.
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