Bibliograph

Defending beef, the case for sustainable meat production, Nicolette Hahn Niman

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Defending beef, the case for sustainable meat production, Nicolette Hahn Niman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Defending beef

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

877370766

Responsibility statement

Nicolette Hahn Niman

Sub title

the case for sustainable meat production

Summary

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.--COVER

Table Of 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?

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