Pig Tales : : an Omnivore's Quest for Sustainable Meat
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Call Number: 636.4 Es
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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"Portions of this book appeared in different forms in Eating well magazine, Onearth.com, and Gastronomica: the journal of food and culture."
Pig I. The nature of the beast. Hog sense ; Wild things ; Of hogs and humans -- Pig II. Life as as protein product. Big pig ; Hog hell ; Raising a stink ; Hog fights ; Hog wash ; Drug abuse ; A bitter end ; Life on the line ; The crate escape -- Pig III. When pigs fly. Three little pigs ; The pope of pork ; To market.
"An eye-opening exploration of the commercial pork industry that tells you how you can bring home the bacon without compromising your conscience"--Book jacket.
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PUBLISHED
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2015]
Year Published: 2015
Description: 335 pages ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780393240245
039324024X
SUBJECTS
Pork industry and trade.
Sustainable agriculture.
Swine.