Reading

Reports

• “Livestock’s Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options”, by the Livestock, Environment and Development (LEAD) Initiative, issued in 2006.
• “Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America”, a report by the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, released May 2008.
• “The Global Benefits of Eating Less Meat”, a report for The Compassion in World Farming Trust.

Books

• Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. One of the best books I’ve read on animal rights. The chapter on scientific experimentation was devastatingly sad.
• Empty Cages: Facing the Challenge of Animal Rights by Tom Regan. In this book, Regan argues the case for empty cages, not bigger cages.
• The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan. This book really changed my life and I recommend it for veg*ns and omnivores alike. It really makes you think about where your food comes from - whether you continue to eat animal products or not.
• The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional Lives of Farm Animals by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson. I’m not going to lie–there is a good chance this book will make you cry, but I loved it anyway. You’ll learn so much about what farmed animals would be like if they were free to roam. After all the reading I’ve done, I still learned a lot in this book.