{"product_id":"the-compassionate-carnivore-or-how-to-keep-animals-happy-save-old-macdonalds-farm-reduce-your-hoofprint-and-still-eat-meat-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Friend\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eHit by a Farm\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Compassionate Carnivore\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as several children's books and novels. She farms in Minnesota with her partner of twenty-eight years.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Da Capo Lifelong Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412926861586,"sku":"9780738213095","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d6f12636-4f3d-46c1-a176-10d12787eae2.jpg?v=1729333995","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-compassionate-carnivore-or-how-to-keep-animals-happy-save-old-macdonalds-farm-reduce-your-hoofprint-and-still-eat-meat-9780738213095","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}