In this revelatory work, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson shows how food affects our moral selves, our health, and the environment. It raises questions to make us conscious of the decisions behind every bite we take: What effect does eating animals have on our land, waters, even global warming. What are the results of farming practicesAAA1/2debeaking chickens and separating calves from their mothersAAA1/2on animals and humans. How does the health of animals affect the health of our planet and our bodies? And uniquely, as a psychologist, Masson investigates how denial keeps us from recognizing the animal at the end of our forkAAA1/2think pig, not baconAAA1/2and each cultureAAA1/2s distinctions among animals considered food and those that are forbidden.
The Face on Your Plate brings together MassonAAA1/2s intellectual, psychological, and emotional expertise over the last twenty years into a pivotal audiobook on the food revolution.