Is any panic more primitive than the one prompted by the thought of empty grocery store shelves? Is any relief more primitive than the one provided by comfort food?
Most everyone has been doing more cooking these days, more documenting of the cooking, and more thinking about food in general. The combination of meat shortages and President Trump’s decision to order slaughterhouses open despite the protestations of endangered workers has inspired many Americans to consider just how essential meat is.
Read the full article by Jonathan Safran-Foer in The New York Timesas he argues that, “If you care about the working poor, about racial justice, and about climate change, you have to stop eating animals.”