2 posts tagged “vegetarian”

For the Converted, and a Few Others
By BRENDAN I. KOERNER

SOME vegetarians exhibit a missionary impulse, forever trying to convince their friends that eating meat is cruel, unhealthy or wasteful. When spoken words — or a copy of “The Jungle” — fail to persuade, these herbivores may start using disturbing visual aids: photographs of caged calves or documentaries on the short, brutish lives of confined chickens.

Vegetarians who prefer a more whimsical approach, however, can now choose the four-plate Food for Thought dishware set. Three of the plates are decorated with clinical schematics of commonly eaten animals, showing exactly where bacon is hacked off a pig, or loin chops removed from a lamb — potentially unpleasant reminders of meat’s back story. And, as a macabre twist, one of the plates features a similarly diagrammed dog, implicitly asking what separates an Angus bull from a beloved family pet. (More at the link above)

via The Ethicurean

Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma) hosted a debate between himself and John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods the other day at UC Berkeley's Journalism school. The webcast is here (I'm watching it now in another window).

He will also be hosting a teach-in on the Farm Bill on March 21.

Good stuff, if you're at all interested in food and since we all have to eat.....