FFS 021 - My Beef With Veganism

In this episode, I talk about my beef with Veganism. I explain why, after a 30-day vegan challenge, I remain a sceptical vegetarian.

I talk about:

• How Vegan-endorsed health hypes and food fads create their own ethical dilemmas which vegans need to confront

• How ‘Go Vegan, save the planet’ discourses are unhelpful for the movement, and factually questionable.

• How Veganism needs to move away from a self-understanding as the movement, and instead embrace its place as a movement among many (imperfect) dietary movements that support a move away from factory farming and industrial food production

Links:

• UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (2013) ‘Tackling climate change through livestock’

• Springman, A., Godfray, C.J., Rayner, M., Scarborough, P. (2016) ‘Analysis and valuation of the health and climate change cobenefits of dietary change’ Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences Vol. 113, No. 15

• Blythman, J. (2016) ‘Can hipsters stomach the unpalatable truth about avocado toast?’ The Guardian (Opinion)

• Gray, Margaret (2013) Labor and the Locavore: The Making of a Comprehensive Food Ethic. University of California Press.

• Lawrence, Felicity (2011) ‘Spain’s salad growers are modern-day slaves, say charities’ The Guardian

• World Economic Forum (2016) ‘What would happen if everyone in the world suddenly stopped eating meat?’

• Fairlie, Simon (2010) Meat: A benign extravagance. Chelsea Green Publishing.

• Southan, Rhys (2011) Book Review: Meat: A benign extravagance

• Morbiot, George (2010) ‘I was wrong about veganism. Let them eat meat – but farm it properly’ The Guardian (Opinion)

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