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Pig Tales: An Omnivore's Quest for Sustainable Meat Paperback – 21 June 2016
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In Pig Tales, New York Times best-selling author of Tomatoland Barry Estabrook turns his attention to the dark side of the American pork industry. Drawing on personal experiences raising pigs as well as sharp investigative instincts, Estabrook covers the range of the human-porcine experience. He shows how these intelligent creatures are all too often subjected to lives of suffering in confinement and squalor, sustained on a drug-laced diet just long enough to reach slaughter weight. But Estabrook also reveals how it is possible to raise pigs responsibly and respectfully, benefiting producers and consumers--as well as some of the top chefs in America.
Provocative, witty, and deeply informed, Pig Tales is bound to spark conversation at dinner tables across America.
- Print length336 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication date21 June 2016
- ISBN-100393352935
- ISBN-13978-0393352931
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Cogent, level-headed.-- "Nature"
Estabrook demonstrates his skill with words to tell compelling true stories...authoritative yet approachable.--Steve Weinberg "Seattle Times"
Estabrook puts his substantial reporting, storytelling, and writing talents in the service of the pig. He documents the horrors perpetrated in America on this miracle creature, but he also describes the ways to break away from those horrors...Pig Tales appalled me, terrified me, and then filled me with hope.--Michael Ruhlman, author of Charcuterie and Salumi
Estabrook tells two powerful stories here. The first is about the appalling ways in which Big Pig raises animals...The second is about how skilled animal husbandry and respect for the intelligence of pigs produces...a far more satisfying life for farmers and pigs alike. Pig Tales is beautifully written. It is also deeply touching.--Marion Nestle, professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health at New York University, and author of Eat, Drink, Vote: An Illustrated Guide to Food Politics
Excellent...a more balanced and nuanced complement to muckraking works on similar subjects by Upton Sinclair (The Jungle) and, more recently, Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation).--Peter A. Coclanis "Raleigh News & Observer"
Masterfully blends storytelling with succinct explanations of policy and science...a must-read.--Jim Romanoff "EatingWell"
Estabrook turns his keen journalistic eye to pig production...[and] provides balance in the engaging tales of farmers and processors who are thoughtful and eminently human...[A] must-read.--Cathy Barrow, author of Mrs. Wheelbarrow's Practical Pantry
A beautiful and clear-eyed examination of the world of pigs and pig farming. With his engaging prose and soulful, riveting stories, [Estabrook] illuminates the complexities of the pig industry and the desperate need for reform.--Alice Waters, Chez Panisse
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- Language : English
- Paperback : 336 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0393352935
- ISBN-13 : 978-0393352931
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This is an extremely well-written and well-researched book. Barry Estabrook is an incredibly gifted story teller. He's taken a uncomfortable topic with many dimensions and woven a comprehensible web of very human stories that are not only wonderfully informative, but that also touch the heart. I hope this book gets read widely. As a society we need to re-think our approach to food if we wish to live truly well, peacefully, and sustainably upon this planet of finite physical resources. This is a great introduction to the need and possibilities for raising meat animals more humanely and .healthfully.
Still, the theme of the book begs credibility. Mr. Estabrook wants us to free pigs from gestation crates, ammonia asphyxiation and cruel slaughterhouse practices. He also wants us to care about ourselves enough to slow down production lines, restrict water and air pollution, and stop the practice of injecting pigs with low-level doses of antibiotics. All great. But his book doesn't entertain caring enough about pigs and ourselves to simply stop eating them, which would solve all of the previous issues and make us healthier, too. Can you really care about pigs and still eat them? I don't think so.