written by Frances Moore Lappé
published by Ballantine Books
ISBN: 978-0345373663
41 years later
can the information still be relevant?
Diet For A Small
Planet looks at the meat industry, specifically the grain-fed beef industry,
and how it negatively affects the planet from a climate change, economic,
health, and worldwide hunger. After going through all of the various reasons
grain-fed beef is bad for the planet (not to mention quite a few industry
related horror stories), Lappé gives us possible solutions and tons of recipes
that are protein rich and meatless.
Although this
book was important at the beginning of the environmental movement when it first
came out in 1971, is it still relevant? Yes and no. It is good to know where
you came from so you can plot out where you are going. And it is good to know the
history of the movement that join. But even though I read the 1991 version most
of the information is either out of date or now fairly common knowledge. The
whole complimentary protein thing has been disproven, though she does touch on
this in the new book and acknowledges that it isn’t that important anymore. There
have been substantial changes to the meat industry, but I think there are still
plenty of bad things going on. I haven’t tried any of the recipes but I follow
the basic guidelines of meat free eating.
All in all, it is
a good read more from a historical reason than a current one. There are some
good ideas about eating in it as well. Check it out from the library or pick up
a used copy:
2.5 out of 5
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