Check out the new animated video of Meatonomics! It’s a graphic, two-minute overview of the book suitable for foodies of all ages. (And if you like it, please share!)
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MEATONOMICS (Conari Press, 2013) is the first book to explore the unseen economic forces that drive our animal food system, and the strange ways these forces affect our spending, eating, health, prosperity, and longevity. Among other things, consumers have largely lost the ability to decide for ourselves what – and how much – to eat. Instead, those decisions are made for us by meat and dairy producers who control our buying choices with artificially low prices, misleading messaging, and heavy control over legislation and regulation. Learn what makes this bizarre system tick and how it can be fixed.Facebook
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Copyright (c) 2013 David Robinson Simon. Permission is granted to quote brief excerpts.
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Awesome video! Thank you for sharing the information. I have a question: Do you have any insight into what is motivating the government to support the meat and dairy industry in this way? Are their lobby officials that influential? Thank you for your time and devotion to this cause.
Hi Danielle – the meat and dairy industries spend more than $100 million each year to lobby Congress to pass laws that benefit them, and millions more at the state level. They dominate the USDA and FDA. The system is completely rigged and the only way to change it is to fight back!
What a cool video Dave! A simple way to get the info out there. Celeste 🙂
Thanks Celeste!
Just heard you talking on the Team Earthling podcast and was very interested in your subject. I look forward to getting a chance to read your book (unfortunately my local library doesn’t stock it yet).
Try asking the library to stock it – that never hurts. Hope you get a chance to read it!