The Good Eater: A VeganS Search For The Future Of Food

The Good Eater: A VeganS Search For The Future Of Food

An Enlightening And Delicious Look At How Vegans - And Their Critics - Are Redefining The Way The World Eats In The Twenty-First Century.For Years, There Has Been No Doubt That Widespread Consumption Of Meat Is Both Environmentally Destructive And Morally Dubious. A Growing Chorus Of Scientists, Health Experts, And Activists Champion The Benefits Of A Plant-Based Diet. Nevertheless, Change Has Been Slow To Arrive, And The Chasm Between Our Appetites And Our Collective Well-Being Seems Impossibly Vast. We Know We Must Transition To A More Plant-Based World. But What Would Such A World Look Like, And How Do We Realistically Get There?One Group Of People Has Been Grappling With This Question For Decades: Vegans. Once Mocked For Its Hempy Puritanism, The Vegan Movement Has Grown From A Fringe Identity Into A Veritable Cultural Juggernaut. Yet Visions Of What Our Food System Should Look Like Continue To Conflict. Is The Healthful Vegan Lifestyle Appealing-Or Alienating? Are High-Tech Meat Alternatives Merely A Repeat Performance Of Harmful Fast-Food Values? Is Modern Veganism Itself Misguided-A Wrong Answer To The Right Questions?In The Good Eater, Harvard-Trained Sociologist (And Vegan) Nina Guilbeault, Phd Vividly Explores The Movement'S History And Its Present-Day Tensions By Grappling With The Most Fundamental Question Of All: Is There A Truly Ethical Way To Eat? What Emerges Is A Fascinating Portrait Of How Social Change Happens, With Profound Implications For Our Plates-And Our Planet.