My Year of Meat
My year of meat - Ruth Ozeki
It was written in the 90’s, so I hope a lot has changed in industrial meat production since then. I fear not.
It’s incredibly easy to read and takes you on a journey through America; it’s wives and it’s meat industry. It doesn’t take long to get through, having that feel of a romance novel about it, it uncovers a little of the use of advertising and television to inspire what we cook and eat. In some ways I find it out of context 15 years later. Having seen the BBC series Blood, Sweat and Tractors and the varrious horrors of BSE and foot and mouth, I have a little hope that standards have improved. ‘Our daily Bread’ is still having an impression on me - hitting me with fewer facts and figures but changing the way I eat. It helps to put this book in context. for 1p on-line or free from me (if I haven’t passed it on) its worth the read.