This Is Vegan Propaganda: (And Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You)

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It is worth pointing out that nearly all farms are considered family farms, including the huge factory farms. The meat, dairy, and egg industries market their products as coming from traditional family farms by naming their farms Willow and Happy, a ploy to convince you to buy from them. I enjoyed this book so much, from beginning to end. I love how the author uses the term “Vegan Propaganda” to put into perspective that the meat industry is actually the one hiding the reality from its consumers. And they’re the ones selling an idea that is in no way related to the daily facts of the industry. The RRP is the suggested or Recommended Retail Price of a product, set by the publisher or manufacturer.

This is a really thorough well written book I'd strongly recommend it to anyone, I plan to buy a paper copy or two for my own family. Me considero una vegana bastante suave. Pese a que al principio no podía aguantar soltar según qué comentarios (sobre todo cuando me los decían a mí primero y yo me sentía en la obligación de atacar), y quizás por eso este libro me ha dado un poco de problemas. La información está y, además, muy bien explicada. En vez de en audiolibro, me gustaría haberlo leído en físico para poder subrayar y marcar todos los datos que puedo sacar cuando alguien intente hacerme sentir inferior por no consumir carne (algo que, la verdad, no pasa casi nunca ya). No obstante, muchos de los comentarios, sobre todo hacia el final de libro, se me han hecho un poco condescendientes y soltados desde el privilegio. I genuinely cannot see how anybody with an open mind and a willingness to learn and unlearn, could continue consuming (and otherwise using) animal products after reading this book. Pardon my potential reverse ageism, but there's a youthful idealism here (Winters is still only in his late 20's) that made this jaded Gen X reader miss the moral ambiguity and "gray areas" maturity of Foer's approach, even as I found myself in horrified and passionate agreement with most of Winters' conclusions. His heart's in the right place, but the polemical and proselytizing tone will probably turn most skeptical readers off and only undermine his stated goals. The United Nations has declared for about a decade now that our greatest risk for pandemics come from our close interaction with farmed animals.

Among my male peers, the environmental arguments for meat reduction do seem to be gaining traction. At restaurants, I find my fellow diners to be sweetly, sometimes proudly, curious – happily commenting that my food looks tasty, and that they had a decent vegan burger only last week. Recently, I had a lively conversation about tofu preparation methods on an all-male WhatsApp group. This exchange would not have occurred until now – partly because I would have avoided having it. Although I consider myself fairly familiar with the topic, I learned a lot. Some knowledge was new to me, such as the role of animal agriculture in the outbreaks of new diseases, but my existing knowledge was also complemented by innumerable facts. Actually, numerable — I was surprised to see the e-book finish sooner than I expected, at 66%, due to the sheer amount of citations. Based on years of research and conversations with slaughterhouse workers and farmers, to animal rights philosophers, environmentalists, and everyday consumers, vegan educator and public speaker Ed Winters will give you the knowledge to understand the true scale and enormity of the issues at stake. Overall, I think this is an essential read both for vegans and for curious non vegans, who care about the future of our planet. This book shows how veganism could change the world for the better, and also how dezastruos the current system really is. It's both an informative and a terrifying read.

In this, Ed sees the big picture. And that’s why his writing and advocacy is so powerful. He understands that changing our perceptions, the way we see and think about animals, will fundamentally alter our behaviour and eating habits. Breaking down barriers is the key. Becoming educated about the reality of our food choices and the consequences of them is essential in understanding the truth of animal exploitation. Simply put, we live in a world where we don’t have to inflict cruelty on another sentient being every time we go to the supermarket. We have a choice. And we need to make the better one.Lo que sí destaco de este libro es como ha juntado toda la información que yo he ido recopilando después de 9 años siendo consciente de dónde vienen los muslos de pollo que me hacía mi madre. En 320 páginas, está todo resumido y, encima, con artículos modernos. Es destacable, también, el tema del coronavirus y todos los virus zoonóticos, ya que es un tema ahora mismo muy candente. Si sirve de algo que sirva para que la gente se de cuenta de cuán peligrosa es la industria del pollo para la salud de todo el mundo. I'm not going to rate this or go into detail about the content other than to say it was illuminating, horrifying and informative. And UK based, which somehow made it even more horrendous to read about. The problem with books on veganism is they’re all quite depressing. The death, the guts, the gas chambers, the end of the planet – reading about the torment of billions of animals can make one downcast. Pigs, for instance, are typically stunned with an electrical current before their throats are slit. Occasionally, however, the stunning doesn’t work and the creatures are still conscious when lowered into a “scalding tank” of hot water that loosens their skin. Then there are the dairy cows sent to slaughter while pregnant. When they’re gutted, sometimes a foetus will fall on to the excrement-covered floor of the slaughterhouse before being beaten to death. The tone of the book is undoubtedly aimed at converting people to veganism, which I don't mind in the slightest but as the title states it is vegan propaganda. I recently met Ed and got my booked signed. I had a chat with him about my PhD thesis. Such a humble guy!

When I went vegan, Ed was the one who caught my attention. I saw a video of him showing a video of an animal being slaughtered to a meat eating girl, who burst into tears and said she would stop eating meat. Then I went on and watched a lot of his videos. The way he spoke, the arguments he gave... He was one of the main reasons I went vegan, and I thank him loads for that. This book is essential. It is brutal, it is devastating, it is heartbreaking - but more than that - more than just agony - it will leave you with hope. Ed Winters is a compassionate activist, best-selling author and vegan educator from the UK, widely known for his award-winning viral online content. He is a prolific public speaker who has been invited to schools, universities and businesses across the world, including major companies such as Google, Meta and American Express. Ed has given speeches at over a third of UK universities and at every Ivy League college in the US. In 2022, Ed taught as a Media & Design Fellow at Harvard University. As a lawyer and animal rights advocate, I cannot express enough how helpful and structured this book is, and how in awe I am of Ed’s incredible ability to speak about these major systemic issues that pervade our entire ways of life. We need to change the way we look at and treat our fellow animals on this planet. As soon as possible.

Then the second part talked mostly about the environmental impact of animal agriculture. This part was full of information that I didn't know, and it is my favourite one. A chapter which I really liked was the one talking about pandemics, but at the same time, it's made me just be terrified of the upcoming pandemics of the future. Ed Winters, "Earthling Ed", is a vegan educator, public speaker and content creator based in London, England. Winters is the co-founder and co-director of Surge, an animal rights organisation determined to create a world where compassion towards all non-human animals is the norm. It helps that veganism’s image is shifting. Take Netflix’s 2018 documentary The Game Changers, which follows UFC fighter James Wilks as he investigates the benefits of a plant-based diet for professional athletes. It was executive produced by Arnold Schwarzenegger, who appears alongside endurance runners, American footballers, boxers and strongmen who have all forsaken meat and dairy. (The Austrian Oak himself is reportedly 99% vegan now.) Maybe the most important reason for going without animal products is the much more frequent and deadly incidents of pandemics this century. COVID-19 was not the first or the deadliest in history and the worst is predicted by most scientists to be coming if we continue to farm diseased, mutilated animals in highly toxic environments. Wild animals bring the virus to farms, it spreads like wildfire, and all the farmed animals in the surrounding area must be 'culled.' but sometimes the virus mutates enough to affect the lungs of human farm workers.