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Part memoir and part investigative report, Eating Animals is the groundbreaking moral examination of vegetarianism, farming, and the food we eat every day that inspired the documentary of the same name.

Bestselling author Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his life oscillating between enthusiastic carnivore and occasional vegetarian. For years he was content to live with uncertainty about his own dietary choices but once he started a family, the moral dimensions of food became increasingly important.

Faced with the prospect of being unable to explain why we eat some animals and not others, Foer set out to explore the origins of many eating traditions and the fictions involved with creating them. Traveling to the darkest corners of our dining habits, Foer raises the unspoken question behind every fish we eat, every chicken we fry, and every burger we grill.

Part memoir and part investigative report, Eating Animals is a book that, in the words of the Los Angeles Times, places Jonathan Safran Foer "at the table with our greatest philosophers" -and a must-read for anyone who cares about building a more humane and healthy world.

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Starred Review. The latest from novelist Foer is a surprising but characteristically brilliant memoir-investigation, boasting an exhaustively-argued account of one man-child's decade-long struggle with vegetarianism. On the eve of becoming a father, Foer takes all the arguments for and against vegetarianism a neurotic step beyond and, to decide how to feed his coming baby, investigates everything from the intelligence level of our most popular meat providers-cattle, pigs, and poultry-to the specious self-justifications (his own included) for eating some meat products and not others. Foer offers a lighthearted counterpoint to his investigation in doting portraits of his loving grandmother, and her meat-and-potatoes comfort food, leaving him to wrestle with the comparative weight of food's socio-cultural significance and its economic-moral-political meaning. Without pulling any punches-factory farming is given the full expose treatment-Foer combines an array of facts, astutely-written anecdotes, and his furious, inward-spinning energy to make a personal, highly entertaining take on an increasingly visible (and book-selling) moral question; call it, perhaps, An Omnivore's Dilemma.

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*Starred Review* If this book were packaged like a loaf of bread, its Nutrition Facts box would list high percentages of graphic descriptions of factory farm methods of animal breeding, mass confinement, and assembly-line slaughter as well as the brutality and waste of high-tech fishing methods; fresh studies of animal (fish included) intelligence and their capacity for suffering; and undiluted facts about industrial animal agriculture’s major role in global warming. Sensitive to the centrality of food in culture and family life, Foer, author of the novels Everything Is Illuminated (2002) and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005), frames his first nonfiction book within the story of his Holocaust survivor grandmother’s complex relationship with food and his response to fatherhood. He presents assiduously assembled facts (supported by70 pages of end notes) about the miserable lives and deaths of industrialized chickens, pigs, fish, and cattle and about agricultural pollution and how factory farming engenders species-leaping flu pandemics. He also asks philosophical questions, such as why we eat such smart and affectionate animals as pigs but not dogs. Foer brings extraordinary artistry, clarity, valor, and compassion to this staggering investigation into the ethics, horrors, and dangers of factory farming. An indelible book that should reach a diverse audience and deepen the conversation about how best to live on a rapidly changing planet. --Donna Seaman

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"Stirring...compelling, earnest....Foer brings an invigorating moral clarity to the topic."

―Entertainment Weekly

"Eating Animals isn't just an anti-meat screed, or an impassioned case for vegetarianism. Instead, Foer tells a story that is part memoir and part investigative report....It's a book that takes America's meat-dominated diet to task."―NPR, All Things Considered

"Eating Animals carefully, deliberately, takes you through every relevant dimension of factory farming....One sees it from the inside, the outside, the moral high ground, the dithering consumer level, through Foer's family stories, from slaughterhouse workers, animal behaviorists, even from defenders of the system....Foer's aim is not to make your choice, but to inform it. He has done us all a great service, and we, and the animals, owe him our thanks."―Andrew Weil, MD, -

"Foer's case for ethical vegetarianism is wholly compelling....A blend of solid--and discomforting--reportage with fierce advocacy that will make committed carnivores squeal."

―Kirkus Reviews

"A work of moral philosophy....The fact that Foer makes me wonder whether I'm being, at best, a hypocrite every time I eat a piece of beef suggests he's completely successful in at least one ambition." ―Geoff Nicholson, San Francisco Chronicle

"Extraordinarily thoughtful and intelligent." ―Holly Silva, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Foer's book raises critical ethical questions we all need to face....We shouldn't be polluting the planet to satisfy our appetites."―Huffington Post

"Eating Animals stands as a pop-cultural landmark, destined to be the starting point for a lot of overdue conversations." ―Philadelphia Daily News

"For a hot young writer to train his sights on a subject as unpalatable as meat production and consumption takes raw nerve. What makes Eating Animals so unusual is vegetarian Foer's empathy for human meat eaters, his willingness to let both factory farmers and food reform activists speak for themselves, and his talent for using humor to sweeten a sour argument."―O, The Oprah Magazine

"A postmodern version of Peter Singer's 1975 manifesto Animal Liberation.... Foer is the latest in a long line of distinguished literary vegetarians."―Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times Book Review

About the Author

Jonathan Safran Foer is the author of Everything Is Illuminated, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Eating Animals. His books have been translated into thirty-six languages. Everything Is Illuminated received a National Jewish Book Award and a Guardian First Book Award, and was made into a film by Liev Schreiber. Foer lives in Brooklyn with his wife, the novelist Nicole Krauss, and their children.

Publisher : Little, Brown and Company; 1st edition (November 2, 2009)
Language : English
Hardcover : 352 pages
ISBN-10 : 0316069906
ISBN-13 : 978-0316069908
Item Weight : 1.3 pounds
Dimensions : 6.25 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches

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Damon Morley

A Must-Read for Every Thinking Human

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2018

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I’ve owned “Eating Animals” by Jonathan Safran Foer for years, but it’s remained on my shelf, staring down on me with judgement like Big Brother’s mustached poster. The fear was I’d never be able to eat meat again once I read it, and the fear may be justified—I haven’t had meat since starting it. The book is not a vegetarian diatribe against carnivores, and I have no problem with humans eating animals. The idea of a cow putzing around a pasture for a few years and dying instantly from a bolt to the brain never thrilled me, but it seemed no crueler than the deaths nature delivers. Only problem is, that’s fiction. I guess I was naive, but I didn’t realize 99% of all meat is now from factory farms, which are so disgusting they don’t even let journalists inside. Maybe part of getting older is realizing that it’s impossible to live a life without causing others to suffer.

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Adrienne S

Highly recommend

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2017

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This book is a must for anyone curious about the meat/dairy industry and all the things that go on in these industries that they try to keep under wraps.

Jonathan Safran Foer does a wonderful job of remaining objective throughout the book; he doesn’t try to persuade anyone to do anything, but rather simply shares the facts he finds out.

I was required to read this book for a class I took in college, but I’m glad I read it – I’m a vegetarian and this book was part of the reason why I chose to become one.

Even if you’re convinced you’ll never give up meat or dairy, this book is still an important read to shed light on the goings-on of the meat and dairy industries. I would highly recommend it.

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tom gardner

Life-changing

Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2016

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Eating Animals doesn't convince readers to not eat meat, dairy, or fish, but is framed around three ideas: that our farming practices have become increasingly unethical, harmful to our environment, and dangerous to our bodies. His empathetic ways of showing these unapologetic truths, along with his witty sense of humor, lets even the most close-minded people enjoy this book. There are intense and grotesque descriptions of turkey, beef, egg, pork, and fish farming, but they're important. We see from this book the main point: factory farms have taken over our food industry and are awful in numerous ways to humans and animals. With Foer's vivid descriptions, enjoyable narrations, and humor, I recommended this book to meat-eaters and vegetarians alike. It's not preachy, but makes a controversial topic that many of us turn our heads to something so impactful. He includes letters from factory farmers and descriptions of his own three year investigation, and we are learning right along with him in an entertaining and capturing way.

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Zach

Not an argument against meat, but an argument against the meat industry

Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2017

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This definitely pushed me over to the vegan side of the fence, after being on the fence for so long. Foer doesn't argue against eating meat entirely, he argues against eating "farmed" meat. Even if you support eating meat, this is a terrific book, as you should know the conditions under which the creatures whose flesh you consume live.

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Required reading for anyone with compassion

Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2017

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We are a species with our collective heads in the sand. We don't want to think about what goes on at the mass slaughter facilities. Why don't we take our children to watch animals being harvested if there is nothing to be ashamed of? We take them to harvest strawberries. It's because we know that it's wrong. Foer makes us look. What he shows us should make us disgusted to belong to a species that tolerates and encourages mass suffering and cruelty.

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Tummy Turmoil

Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2019

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Being inquisitive and analytical sure can put a damper on living in denial about the food we eat. Mr. Foer had made several attempts to become a vegetarian but failed. The birth of his first child, however, renewed his interest in the lifestyle. The author began a nearly three-year investigation on how we rationalize and go about eating certain animals. People are highly sensitive about the topic. The common opinion is you should never talk about money, politics, and religion. Being a vegetarian could be thrown onto that list. Mr. Foer lost count during the periods he went vegetarian where people verbally accosted him by “pointing out an inconsistency in (his) lifestyle or trying to find a flaw in an argument (he) never made.” He often felt that his vegetarianism mattered more to the people harassing him than it did to him.

I’m not a vegetarian but curious about cultural diets and how food is produced and regulated. ‘The Omnivore’s Dilemma’ by Michael Pollan was a thoughtful revelatory book that did alter my dietary habits but not to the point where I went full-on grass-grazer. Mr. Foer’s ‘Eating Animals’ was published in 2009 and, over the years, the friggin’ thing kept popping up in various articles I was reading. I finally got fed up and decided to tackle it. ‘Eating Animals’ takes a broader view than Mr. Pollan’s work. The nonfiction book is part introspection and part investigative reporting. It is heavily footnoted and they are compiled in the back of the book. Mr. Foer handles the topic with honesty, ruminations, and some fun. Animal husbandry has changed quite a bit since the mid-twentieth century because our meat is now overwhelmingly produced by factory farms. The romantic visual of the family farm and animals grazing in fields is almost nonexistent today. Factory farms have as much concern for the animals’ well-being as they do about you personally running out of toilet paper during a bout of diarrhea from food poisoning. Government policing of these large corporations for possible unsanitary cruel procedures is laughable. The author goes into vivid detail at what ensues at these modern-day farms and slaughterhouses. It was difficult to read these segments. Some of the scenes and scientific information are truly disturbing. There is a lot that’s horrible about the factory farms and virtually nothing good to say about them when it comes to treatment of the animals, the threats these horror shows have and will continue to have surrounding public health, and the scary havoc they inflict on the environment. The book’s focus is on poultry, pigs, cows, and fish. I especially liked the half-dozen pieces by people who give their professional view about the industries. It is a wide array of thoughtful perspectives. There are also a few informative, shocking, and helpful designs at the beginning of some chapters that put the information into proper visual context. In fairness, the author also presents farmers who show a great deal of respect for the animals and allow them to live good lives before they become vittles.

Mr. Foer’s book is not preachy. It is more a personal journey with a generous amount of facts and thoughtful existential questions. Marion Nestle’s ‘Food Politics’ and Jonathan Pollan’s ‘The Omnivore’s Dilemma’ cover much of the same ground Mr. Foer does, but the author arranges his presentation with more humor, sarcasm, and depth. ‘Eating Animals’ caused me to avoid meat during the period I was reading it. I kept seeing the animals living in such nightmarish places. Will my abstinence last? I guess that depends if I can resort back to or continue not living in denial at our treatment of the animals that we consume. Heaven knows, I was able to gradually glide back into eating meat after two or three other attempts. For now, ‘Eating Animals’ makes it impossible for me to digest the critters. Frank Perdue and his ilk are probably still rolling in their graves about Mr. Foer’s outstanding book. In the case of how our meat is produced, ignorance is bliss for the consumer, but sure is literal Hell on Earth for the poor animals.

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📚 There are plenty of good alternatives in the UK - buying from local organic ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 4, 2018

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Shocked to say I’ve got this far through life without really appreciating the scale & horror of factory farming & why for most of us its a really simple solution: eat less meat & don’t eat meat, including fish, from factory farms. 📚
There are plenty of good alternatives in the UK - buying from local organic sources (if you live in the country), or delivery services like @farmdrop or @riverford (if you live in the city) - and coming soon we’ll see more companies like @beyondmeat
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It’s one of those books that you would love to see on the national curriculum. 📚
Each generation has its priorities and moral dilemmas and its increasingly clear to me that industrial agriculture & factory farming is something that causes so many environmental, social & health problems but it could be solved if consumers change their habits a little. 🐄 🐓 🐖 🐟

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I cannot recommend this book enough

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2015

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I got on a train a vegetarian with this book in hand. I got off the train a vegan. I cannot recommend this book enough. I am currently trying to resist buying copies for all of my loved ones. I don't want to be 'that person' but this book really was that much of a revelation for me. Seriously - BUY THIS BOOK. You will not regret it. It might just change your life.

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Catherine

Absolutely 5 stars!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 20, 2020

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I would say this book has been pretty life changing for me, I bought it as a vegetarian but I ended it with a strong view leading towards veganism. I couldn't put it down, it is so well written, so well researched, and although much of it based around the American food (meat) production market, it mostly still applies to the rest of us! It has inspired me as a vegetarian, to strive further, for the planet, for better health, and of course for animals and more ethical food produce. I think this book, should be made compulsory reading in schools, it is that important. Read it!

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MsM

A book everyone must read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 19, 2015

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Probably one of the most important books I've ever read. It was shocking and revealing, but most of all I liked the different perspectives given. Of course it's in advocacy of vegetarianism, but it didn't feel like I was being pushed towards it. I've been trying to be veggie for a while now but after reading this, I simply can't eat meat or fish anymore. It's a fantastic read that I think everyone should try, if anything to understand where their meat comes from and the implications of it. Highly recommended.

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louisa Graham

Fantastic read...go on Go Vegan!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 25, 2016

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Possibly one of the best books I've read on veganism/ vegetarian. What I like is that the author has gotten both sides of the argument from people who are pro intensive farming, those who farm but are trying to make the animal welfare the main priority to people who are just plain against any sort of farming of animals. It has intelligent arguments and easy to understand prose and context on each subject. It's worth a read even if you do eat meat and are just a little interested on expanding your consciousness. Buy it now!

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