Righteous Porkchop

<p><em>Righteous Porkchop</em> is a searing and utterly convincing indictment of modern meat production. The book also brims with hope and charts a practical (and even beautiful) path out of the jungle.<br />--Michael Pollan author of <em>Omnivore's Dilemma</em> and <em>In Defense of Food</em><br /> <p></p></p><p>[A] necessary book--part memoir part exposé...its reasoned case for healthy and humane farming practices has the sweet savor of truth.<br />--<em>O The Oprah Magazine</em><p></p></p> <p> </p></p><p>A crusading environmental activist vegetarian and lawyer who has worked with Robert Kennedy Jr. on environment issues Nicolette Hahn Niman blows the lid off the shocking practices in the pork meat and poultry industries in <em>Righteous Porkchop</em> a <em>Fast Food Nation</em> for the hog trade. Subtitled Finding a Life and Good Food Beyond the Factory Farm <em>Righteous Porkchop</em> is at once an eye-opening grand tour of Hahn Niman's battles with the industrial farming conglomerates a guide to avoiding unhealthy meats and a very personal story of one woman's reawakening.<p></p></p>