Washoe County Library System

Every time we eat, we have the power to radically transform the world we live in. Our choices can help alleviate the most pressing issues we face today: the climate crisis, infectious and chronic diseases, human exploitation and, of course, non-human exploitation. Undeniably, these issues can be uncomfortable to learn about but the benefits of doing so cannot be overstated. It is quite literally a matter of life and death. Through exploring the major...

A former agribusiness reporter critically assesses the corporate meat industry as demonstrated by the practices of Tyson Foods, documenting the meat supply's takeover by a few powerful companies who are raising prices and outmaneuvering reforms.

Explains a breakthrough technology to create meat grown from animal cells that could help people avoid foodborne illness, save countless animals, begin to reverse climate change, and feed the world.

"A culinary and cultural history of plant-based eating in the United States that delves into the subcultures and politics that have defined alternative food. The vegan diet used to be associated only with eccentric hippies and tofu-loving activists who shop at co-ops and live on compounds. We’ve come a long way since then. Now, fine-dining restaurants like Eleven Madison Park cater to chic upscale clientele with a plant-based menu, and Impossible...

An environmental lawyer exposes practices in the meat and dairy industries, describing her battles against industrial farming conglomerates and her recommendations for food production practices that are healthful, environmentally sound, and humane.

Jane, a female Japanese-American filmmaker, hired to produce a television program aimed at Japanese housewives extolling the pleasures of meat consumption, begins to have second thoughts about the dangers of meat and the practices of the meat industry. At the same time, Akiko, the abused wife of Jane's Japanese boss begins to question her role as a docile Japanese housewife when she views some of the "typical" Americans Jane is using in her television...

"Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, an explosive exposé of the toxic labor practices at the largest meatpacking company in America and the immigrant workers who had the courage to fight back. On June 27, 2011, a deadly chemical accident took place inside the Tyson Foods chicken processing plant in Springdale, Arkansas, where the company is headquartered. The company quickly covered it up although the spill left their employees...

A solutions-oriented documentary chronicling the current state of the U.S. meat industry. First explaining how America arrived at our current industrial system, the story shifts to the present day, showing the feedlots and confinement houses, not through hidden cameras but through the eyes of the farmers who live and work there.

Outlines a realistic approach everyone can take to be part of the sustainable-food movement, and eat and live well.