Smil, Vaclav
Should We Eat Meat?
- ISBN 13:
- 9781118278727
- author:
- Smil, Vaclav
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 276
- Dimensions:
- 14.99 x 2.03 x 22.86 centimetres
- Genre:
- Cooking, Food & Drink, General, Nonfiction,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
This wide-ranging examination and critique of meat consumption by humans explores its role in human evolution and development of agricultural practices. Vaclav Smil delves into modern production systems, their efficiencies, outputs, and impacts, as well as the major global trends of meat consumption.
The book examines the consequences of "massive carnivory" in western diets, looking at inefficiencies of production and huge impacts on land, water, and the atmosphere. It also covers health impacts, both positive and negative. Smil presents a vision for "rational meat eating", where environmental and health impacts are reduced, animals are treated more humanely, and alternative sources of protein make a higher contribution.
This book is not an ideological tract for or against carnivorousness, but rather a careful evaluation of meat's roles in human diets and the environmental and health consequences of its production and consumption. It will be of interest to professionals and academics in food and agricultural production, human health and nutrition, environmental science, and regulatory and policy making bodies around the world.
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