Introduction
Resources on this page try to answer, “what should we eat and why does it matter?” Articles here may argue for or against adopting a plant-based diet. Warning: Some of these resources may contain graphic images or descriptions of animal treatment.
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Books
The Way We Eat by ISBN: 9781579548896Publication Date: 2006-05-02A thought-provoking look at how what we eat profoundly affects all living things--and how we can make more ethical food choices.
One Hundred Million Years of Food by ISBN: 9781250050410Publication Date: 2016-02-02100 Million Years of Food takes readers on an historic and geographic tour of how different cuisines have evolved in tandem with their particular environments, as our ancestors took advantage of the resources and food available to them.
Cultivating Food Justice by ISBN: 0262516322Publication Date: 2011-10-21Documents how racial and social inequalities are built into our food system, and how communities are creating environmentally sustainable and socially just alternatives.
What Should We Eat? by ISBN: 9780737773903Publication Date: 2016-02-03Gluten, red meat, fish, insects, all things we do or don't eat, but could. Should we? This book explores how best to sustain ourselves, from organic food to fast food. Readers are treated to both sides of current dietary views on how humans should be eating for health and longevity.
Defending Beef by ISBN: 9781603585361Publication Date: 2014-10-31In Defending Beef, Hahn Niman argues that dispersed, grass-fed, small-scale farms can and should become the basis for American food production, replacing the factory farms that harm animals and the environment.
The Ethical Butcher by ISBN: 9781593765057Publication Date: 2013-04-23Berlin Reed is "The Ethical Butcher," a former self-described militant vegan punk who grudgingly took a job as a butcher's apprentice when he could find no other work. Shockingly, he fell in love with the art of butchering, and a food revolution was born. Through the lens of Berlin's personal story,The Ethical Butcher educates readers about how they can improve the meat industry by participating in it.
Databases
- Health Source: Consumer EditionThis database contains full-text consumer health articles, including the topics of cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, aging, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children’s health, women’s health, etc. Sample Key Words: Vegetarian, Vegan, Health, Diet, Nutrition, Benefits, Meat, Meat Industry, Environment
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic EditionThis resource provides scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines and research. Sample Key Words: Vegetarian, Vegan, Diet, Health, Diet Quality, Cardiovascular, Systematic Review, Nutrition
Websites - Warning: Some of these resources may contain graphic images or descriptions of animal treatment.
- Humane Society of the United StatesThe Humane Society of the United States is a non-for-profit animal rights organization that focuses its activism efforts on ending trophy hunting and cosmetic animal testing, preventing horse slaughter, protecting chickens used for meat, and ending puppy mills.
- People for the Ethical Treatment of AnimalsPETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is a large animal rights organization that promotes a vegan lifestyle. Its activism efforts focus on animals in the food industry, entertainment, laboratory research, and the clothing trade. WARNING: Some images and content may be graphic.
- USDA Animal Production ResourcesThe United States Department of Agriculture's data, resources, and research on animal production.
DVDs in the Library
- At the Fork byCall Number: Circulation Desk SF140.L58 A8 2016Publication Date: 2017Filmmaker and omnivore John Papola, together with his vegetarian wife Lisa, offer up a timely and refreshingly unbiased look at how farm animals are raised for our consumption. With unprecedented access to large-scale conventional farms, Papola asks the tough questions behind every hamburger, glass of milk and baby-back rib. What he discovers are not heartless industrialists, but America s farmers real people who, along with him, are grappling with the moral dimensions of farming animals for food.
- What should we eat? : the vegetarian debate byCall Number: TX392 .W438 2003Publication Date: 2003Viewers decide where they belong on the continuum that ranges from vegan at one end to meat three times a day at the other. And just what is a vegan? They learn the most common reasons for avoiding meat as well as some good reasons to include it in a diet
