Bidoche: The meat industry threatens the world

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Fabrice Nicolino. Editions Les Liens qui Libèrent. 385 pages.

See the presentation of this book on the Kokopelli blog.

"I think I know what eating means. But I have to add that, along the way, I've changed my mind and my taste. Behind a rib of beef, I ended up seeing a steer. Behind a leg of lamb, a lamb. Behind a ham, a pig... Talk about a shock, immense and slow. The story I'm about to tell you is a tremendous adventure with unprecedented consequences. Where nothing was inevitable.

How did animals become pieces, things, commodities? Why do technicians invent new methods every day, in our name, to "manufacture" "matter" from living, sentient beings? Why are their laboratories as anonymous as they are secret? Why does the meat industry wield a power that nails its few critics? What mental break has led us to accept the barbarity of factory farming? Why are we allowing the unbridled consumption of this antibiotic- and hormone-laden product to threaten human health, destroy tropical forests, exacerbate famine and, to an astonishing degree, the very serious climate crisis?

Who is responsible? And are there any culprits? The answer is not obvious, but it does exist, in both cases. This book will take you on a journey you won't want to miss. If you read it for real, you'll become part of a growing tribe, but one that's still very much in the minority. The tribe of those who know.