Beyond Beef: The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture
by:
Jeremy Rifkin (author)
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...
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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?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780452269521 (0452269520)
Publish date: March 1st 1993
Publisher: Plume
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
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