The Carnivore's Manifesto

Summary

A bold manifesto from the founder of Slow Foods USA with fifty declarations on why we should eat well, eat responsibly, and eat meat.
We have evolved as carnivores, proclaims Patrick Martins, and it's futile to deny it. But, with the destructive forces of the fast-food industry and factory farming poisoning our planet and our bodies, we can and must make smart, informed choices about the meat we eat and where it comes from. Bringing about that change requires action. Bringing about that change requires a manifesto.

Martins challenges conventional wisdom with counterintuitive but informed insights, like:

-- Eat more ground meat. This is the small farmers get the most out of the animals they raise; it's an economic answer for a sustainable, humanely raised diet for carnivores.

--Eat an endangered species. No, not a Bengali tiger, but, for example, a Red-wattle pig, a breed that Martins has personally helped to protect by encouraging small farmers to raise them for consumption.
-- Don't trust labels like "hormone-free" and "all-natural" - they are often misleading and create a false sense of security.

Martins discusses when popular diets like local and vegan makes sense and when they don't. He cuts through the misleading jargon of industrial advertising and organic zealotry to outline steps that real people can take to be part of the sustainable food movement. With wit, and insight, and no small amount of provocation, The Carnivore's Manifesto is both a revolutionary call to arms and a rollicking good read that will inspire, engage, and challenge anyone interested in the way we eat today.