28-10-2014
"The Carnivore's Manifesto" by Patrick Martins (with the aid of journalist Mike Edison) was published last May in the United States, by publisher Little Brown. The author is not only the founder of Slow Food Usa, but also of Heritage Foods Usa, a company focused on the distribution of meat from sustainable breeders that pay attention to biodiversity, and of the web-radio channel Heritage Radio Network, producing programmes on all that regards food culture
Carnivores from all across the world, unite. But with judgement and critical sense. Patrick Martins is a passionate man, you can understand this from the very first lines in his “The carnivore's manifesto”, published some months ago in the United States. Through little over 200 pages, divided into 50 chapters, Martins faces the topic of eating meat with decision and realism. Indeed, the starting point is very simple: we have evolved as omnivores and eating, even meat, is part of our nature. But while feeding on meat is right, pleasant and tasty, most animals that provide this meat are the product of a breeding and slaughter system that is «inhumane, unsustainable and cruel. A system that is bad for animals, is bad for people, and punishes an overtaxed environment».
The author of "The Carnivore's Manifesto" Patrick Martins
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Journalist, based in Milan. At 8 years old, he received a Springsteen record as a gift, and nothing was the same since. Music and food are his passions. Author and broadcaster at Radio Popolare since 1997, since 2014 he became part of the staff of Identità Golose Instagram: @NiccoloVecchia
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