Once Upon a Time We Ate Animals
The Future of Food
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · December 13, 2022
Combining the ethical clarity of Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals with the disquieting vision of Alan Weissman’s bestseller The World Without Us, a thought-provoking, entertaining exploration of a future where animal consumption is a thing of the past.
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- Who it’s for
- A future-facing view of life after animal consumption makes familiar food choices feel newly debatable.
- Themes
- A future without animal consumption, Ethics and environmental impact of meat
- Genres
- Animal Rights, Vegan Cooking, Conservation
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Combining the ethical clarity of Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals with the disquieting vision of Alan Weissman’s bestseller The World Without Us, a thought-provoking, entertaining exploration of a future where animal consumption is a thing of the past. Though increasing numbers of people know that eating meat is detrimental to our planet’s health, many still can’t be convinced to give up eating meat.
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But how can we change behavior when common arguments and information aren’t working? Acclaimed anthropologist Roanne Van Voorst changes the dialogue. In Once Upon a Time We Ate Animals, she shifts the focus from the present looking forward to the future looking back—imagining a world in which most no longer use animals for food, clothing, or other items. By shifting the viewpoint, she offers a clear and compelling vision of what it means to live in a world without meat. A massive shift is already taking place—everything van Voorst covers in this book has already been invented and is being used today by individuals and small organizations worldwide. Hopeful and persuasive, Once Upon a Time We Ate Animals offers a tantalizing vision of what is not only possible but perhaps inevitable.
Food, Reimagined
A future-facing view of life after animal consumption makes familiar food choices feel newly debatable.
Come here for
- A shift from arguing about today to imagining what comes next
- Questions about food, ethics, and changing habits
Expect
- A hopeful, persuasive vision of a world without animal products
- A thought-provoking look at possibilities already in use
Where it sits
| Animal Rights | 71% |
|---|---|
| Conservation | 34% |
| Vegan Cooking | 33% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Vegan Cooking
- Plants
- Wildlife
- Animal Rights
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- Mental Health
- History of Science
- Time (Science)
- How Cultures Work
- Authors
- Roanne van Voorst
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- December 13, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- A future without animal consumption · Ethics and environmental impact of meat
- Reading lane
- Vegan Cooking