{"product_id":"the-compassionate-carnivore-catherine-friend-9780738213095","title":"The Compassionate Carnivore: Or, How to Keep Animals Happy, Save Old Macdonald's Farm, Reduce Your Hoofprint, and Still Eat Meat","description":"For most of her life, Catherine Friend was a carnivore who preferred not to consider where the meat on her plate came from--beef didn't have a face, chicken didn't have a personality, and pork certainly shouldn't have feelings. But Friend's attitude began to change after she and her partner bought a farm and began raising sheep for meat. Friend's ensuing odyssey through the world of livestock and farming is a journey that offers critical insights--for omnivores and herbivores alike--into how our meat is raised, how we buy it and from whom, and why change is desirable and possible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From a distressing lesson about her favorite Minnesota State Fair food (pork-chop-on-a-stick) to the surprising gratitude that came from eating an animal she'd raised and loved, Friend takes us on a wild and woolly ride through her small farm (with several brief detours into life on factory farms), along the way raising questions such as: What are the differences between factory, conventional, sustainable, and organic farms, and more importantly, why do we need to understand those differences? What do all those labels -- from organic to local to grass fed and pasture raised -- really mean? If you're buying from a small farmer, what are the key questions to ask? How do you find that small farmer, and what's the best way to help her help you? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the same witty and warm style that characterized her memoir \u003ci\u003eHit by a Farm\u003c\/i\u003e, Friend uses her perspective as a sustainable farmer and carnivore to consider meat animals' quality of life--while still supporting the choice to eat meat. Regardless of whether you eat meat once a day, once a week, or once a year, your perspective of what goes on your plate--and in your mouth--will never be the same.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine Friend\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0738213098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780738213095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Lifelong Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Catherine Friend","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44652519981311,"sku":"9780738213095","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ea938ac7-5936-4bde-a3fa-86ec3ac6c7db.jpg?v=1704216511","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-compassionate-carnivore-catherine-friend-9780738213095","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}