The Pig and I
A Tale of Humans, Hogs, and Why We Eat Pork (or Not)
Kristoffer Hattleland Endresen, Lucy Moffatt
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
The Pig and I
A Tale of Humans, Hogs, and Why We Eat Pork (or Not)
Kristoffer Hattleland Endresen, Lucy Moffatt
About This Book
In this lively and fascinating book, a guilt-ridden, bacon-loving journalist finds work at an industrial pig farm as he researches the long and torrid history of humans and swine. After convincing a skeptical pig farmer to take him on as a hired hand for six months, journalist Kristoffer Endresen follows a litter of piglets from birth to slaughter, all in the hopes of understanding what goes on inside an industrial pig farm and whether humans can ethically justify eating pork⊠which just so happens to be the most consumed animal protein in the world.During his days as a beginner pig wrangler, he mucks out pig pens and cuddles a cute piglet. He inseminates a female pig and narrowly escapes being trampled. Endresen interweaves his fast times at a piggery with surprising insights into the long and star-crossed bond between pigs and humansâdrawing on history, literature, archeology, and mythâand shares new science into video-game-playing swine and pig heart transplants, and asks if pigs really are as smart as we think.Both an engaging saga of an overlooked animal and a provocative exploration of the ethics of industrial meat, The Pig and I asks us to consider not only where our food comes from, but also the tangled history that first brought it to our plates.