Jeremy Rifkin
Americans have a love affair with beef. The average American consumes the meat of seven 1,100-pound steers in a lifetime. But how many hamburger-lovers realize that a single boneless beefsteak requires up to 1,200 gallons of precious water to produce, that livestock now consume nearly one third of the world's grain, or that cattle play a central role in species extinction?
Nonfiction,Food and Drink,Food,History,Animals,Environment,Health,Politics,Food and Drink,Economics,Food and Drink,Vegan
Beyond Beef: The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture