Download Planet Carnivore: Why Cheap Meat Costs the Earth (and How to Pay the Bill) AudioBook Free
You can find 59 billion family pets alive at anybody time, farmed for his or her meats. The world's domestic cattle think about 16 times just as much as all the wildlife on the planet put together. Sixty percent of the globe's agricultural land is used for beef development, from growing grain to nurturing cows.Since the early 20th century, industrial farming and global capitalism have worked hand-in-hand to provide meats at an ever-cheaper price. And our appetites, so enticed, have led us to consume increasingly more animals. In the US, each citizen eats typically 120 kg of meats per year. And they're not alone. Our insatiable desire for meat has described how exactly we use our planet. But cheap meats comes at a price. Entire world Carnivore gets under the skin of medical issues that over-consumption brings; of modern farming's dangerous use of resources; and of the extended and strained farms and abattoirs that lead to horsemeat in meat burgers and challenging moral questions about our relationship with this food. Alex Renton's brilliantly researched, absolutely compelling Guardian Brief delivers the grisly stories, and also looks at how exactly we are beginning to try and pay the cheap meats bill, from progressive twists on current ways to cutting-edge scientific breakthroughs.
