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Holy Cows And Hog Heaven: The Food Buyer's Guide To Farm Friendly Food

by Joel Salatin

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Holy Cows and Hog Heaven is written by an honest-to-goodness-dirt-under-the-fingernails, optimistic clean good farmer. His goal is to: Empower food buyers to pursue positive alternatives to the industrialized food system Bring clean food farmers and their patrons into a teamwork relationship Marry the best of western technology with the soul of eastern ethics Educate food buyers about productions Create a food system that enhances nature's ecology for future generations Holy Cows and Hog show more Heaven has an overriding objective of encouraging every food buyer to embrace the notion that menus are a conscious decision, creating the next generation's world one bite at a time. show less

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This is a reasonably good primer for those who are just learning about ethical eating.

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Languages: English
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Published: 2005
Genres: Nonfiction, Food & Cooking, General Nonfiction, Home & Garden
DDC/MDS: 641.3
LCC: HD9005 .S35

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