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Righteous porkchop : finding a life and good food beyond factory farms
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Righteous porkchop : finding a life and good food beyond factory farms

Author: Nicolette Hahn Niman
Publisher: New York, NY : Collins Living, ©2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Investigating hog manure pollution was hardly the glamorous assignment Nicolette Hahn Niman pictured when going to work for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in New York. But her odyssey into the inner workings of the "factory farm" industry transformed her into an intrepid environmental lawyer who goes up against the big-business farming establishment. Niman uncovers shocking practices, including inhumane animal confinement  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Nicolette Hahn Niman
ISBN: 9780061466496 0061466492
OCLC Number: 232977821
Description: xiv, 321 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: My crash course in modern meat --
An unexpectedly natural turn --
What came first, the chicken--
and the egg --
Facing off with Big Ag --
It's a pig's life --
A door closed, a door opened --
Beef, the most (unfairly) maligned of meats --
The un-sacred (milk) cow --
A bit about fish --
Finding the right foods --
Answering obstacles to reform --
Back on the ranch.
Responsibility: Nicolette Hahn Niman.
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Investigating hog manure pollution was hardly the glamorous assignment Nicolette Hahn Niman pictured when going to work for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in New York. But her odyssey into the inner workings of the "factory farm" industry transformed her into an intrepid environmental lawyer who goes up against the big-business farming establishment. Niman uncovers shocking practices, including inhumane animal confinement and devastating water and air pollution. She organizes a national reform movement to fight these practices and shows that livestock farming can be done in a better way--not only for hogs, but also for poultry, fish, and dairy cows. She also tours the best of farms, where traditional farmers and ranchers treat their animals humanely and have joined with other farmers to successfully market the foods they produce. She profiles the innovative and cost-effective methods these operations have incorporated to make a profit by ethical, sustainable means.--From publisher description.

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