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No meat for Moby
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Bob Dylan suggested we not think twice. Moby has other ideas.
Richard Melville Hall, a.k.a. Moby, is fast becoming better known for his activism than his beats—and that's music to the ears of animals and the eco-system. His latest venture is a book called, Gristle: From Factory Farms to Food Safety (Thinking Twice About the Meat We Eat), which he edited with Miyun Park, the executive director of Global Animal Partnership. Here's the official scoop on their book:
An information-packed, lively, and informative little guide, Gristle is for the growing number of people—from omnivores to vegans—who are thinking twice about the consequences of our industrial factory-farming system of raising animals for food. Multi-platinum musician Moby and leading food policy activist and expert Miyun Park have brought together fifteen of the country's leading voices on this issue—an eclectic group from such diverse backgrounds as farming, workers' rights activism, professional athletics, science, environmental sustainability, food business, and animal welfare advocacy—who together eloquently lay out how and why industrial animal agriculture unnecessarily harms workers, communities, the environment, our health, our wallets, and animals.
Before anyone is tempted to dismiss Gristle as yet another celebrity/bandwagon project, take note that Moby has been living the vegan life for more than two decades. "I run into a lot of people who are instantly filled with ridicule at the idea that someone wouldn't eat meat," he told SFGate.com. "I've been doing it so long that it's just second nature."
Speaking of "nature," that's what being a vegan is all about.
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Moby vs. Gore
When confronted with the reality that burgers and hot dogs were served at the Live Earth concert, Moby responded, "The one thing that still stuns me...is that almost no-one in the 'stop global warming' camp talks about the environmental ramifications of animal production. To quote a U.N. article, rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars."
Of course, all you savvy tree huggers and food co-op members already know that the U.N. report Moby refers to found that animal agriculture is responsible for almost 1/5 of the pollution causing global warming. "Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today's most serious environmental problems," said Henning Steinfeld of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). "Urgent action is required to remedy the situation."
Gristle is a step in the right direction.
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