Jackie Y. reviewed on 3/25/2010 + 4 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

From the back cover: We've been told that a vegetarian diet can feed the hungry, honor the animals, and save the planet. Lierre Keith believed in that plant-based diet and spent 20 years as a vegan. But in this book she argues that we've been led astray-not by our longings for a just and sustainable world, but by our ignorance. The truth is that agriculture is a relentless assault against the planet, and more of the same won't save us. In service to annual grains, humans have devastated prairies and forests, driven countless species extinct, altered the climate, and destroyed the topsoil-the basis of life itself. "The Vegetarian Myth" is part memoir, part nutritional primer and part political manifesto.

I had a hard time making it through this controversial book. I am not a vegan or a vegetarian, but I was contemplating this option. Now I think I'm more confused than before. This book is in new condition because I bought it new and I'm the only one that read it.

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