Once Upon a Time We Ate Animals

The Future of Food

De: Roanne van Voorst

Narrado por: Eileen Stevens

Combining the ethical clarity of Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals with the disquieting vision of Alan Weissman’s bestseller The World Without Us, a thought-provoking, entertaining exploration of a future where animal consumption is a thing of the past.

Though increasing numbers of people know that eating meat is detrimental to our planet’s health, many still can’t be convinced to give up eating meat. But how can we change behavior when common arguments and information aren’t working?

Acclaimed anthropologist Roanne Van Voorst changes the dialogue. In Once Upon a Time We Ate Animals, she shifts the focus from the present looking forward to the future looking back—imagining a world in which most no longer use animals for food, clothing, or other items. By shifting the viewpoint, she offers a clear and compelling vision of what it means to live in a world without meat.

A massive shift is already taking place—everything van Voorst covers in this book has already been invented and is being used today by individuals and small organizations worldwide.

Hopeful and persuasive, Once Upon a Time We Ate Animals offers a tantalizing vision of what is not only possible but perhaps inevitable.

Excellently written and read

Well researched and written book that weaves between food, climate, history, psychology and more. Everyone should read this book.

Condescending at best

I feel like I should be the intended audience for this book: I've been a vegetarian for over a decade with the majority of my meals being vegan, and I'm interested in veganism. I was excited to read this but the tone was so condescending and negative I can't imagine the author thinking this would convince anyone of anything.

The vision for "the future of food" presented was where people would eat only protein pills and shakes on most days, and real food (even vegetables) is a luxury. Really? Sounds more like a dystopia to me.