Copyright 2012 Granta en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:37:30 +0000 60 Latest comments on Interview with Jonathan Safran Foer at Granta.com http://www.granta.com/New-Writing/Interview-with-Jonathan-Safran-Foer http://www.granta.com/New-Writing/Interview-with-Jonathan-Safran-Foer#comment158 http://www.granta.com/New-Writing/Interview-with-Jonathan-Safran-Foer#comment158 As a hugely conflicted omnivore, I take exception to the idea that the only reason consumers go for the less expensive choice is ignorance. There's no question that meat farming is absolutely disgusting and makes an enormous carbon footprint, yet your statement ignores what things cost. Subsisting solely on plant-based protein has yet to work for me, and presumably, countless others who've heard the "news." Though I buy cruelty-free products whenever I can afford to, those instances come fewer and farther between in this economic climate. That said, I'd love to see more people make the cruelty-free choice and maybe the prices will come down. Or maybe I'll finally be able to make the leap...

]]> Wed, 3 Mar 2010 12:54:55 +0000 http://www.granta.com/New-Writing/Interview-with-Jonathan-Safran-Foer#comment157 http://www.granta.com/New-Writing/Interview-with-Jonathan-Safran-Foer#comment157 .A vegetarian puritanism based on the idea that eating meat is morally wrong whatever the conditions whereby that food is processed is in fact the real driving force in the debate.Women are reaching puberty earlier for a host of enviromental reasons and scientific evidence points to no one cause.The fundementalist ideology behind militant animal rights and vegetarianism means that even where animals reared in open pastures and fed with hay and other organic foodstuffs are used,this is seen as just as bad because at the end of the day the animal is a food source for humans .A countryside devoid of lifestock,a sort of open air leisure park for urban vegetarians is the ultimate goal of this warped thinking.Science points to meat eating and a mixed diet as the major driving force behind the evolution of complexity of the human brain.Vegetarians hate to be proven wrong but moderate meat eating is healthy and no respectable scientist would suggest that total vegetarianism is neccessarly the most healthy lifestyle choice.

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