The Meat of the Matter is a definitive collection of more than 150 sharp, bite-sized essays best described as the antidote to the activist community's criticism of meat production, meat-eating and the industry that produces animal protein foods. Written over the last eight years by Dan Murphy, former national magazine editor and food-industry commentator, the book tackles everything from food safety to immigration to biotechnology to animal welfare to nutritional issues from both regulatory and PR perspectives.
Not only does Murphy give it to you straight, but the concise essays are easy to take little by little or all at once in a single sitting. This book should be read not just by meat fanatics, but also by curious vegetarians. It might not turn their opinions right round, but it does provide a nice tool for countering some of the more extreme spin you might see out there.
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