Jeffrey Masson Explores "Why Do You Eat Meat?"

Jeffrey Masson is the author of the best-selling "When Elephants Weep" and "Dogs Never Lie About Love". His most recent book is "The Face on Your Plate: The Truth About Food".

This lecture was delivered at the Farm Sanctuary Hoe Down (www.farmsanctuary.org) in Orland, California on May 16, 2009.

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[TheAnimalHolocaust]

Thank you for uploading this video. Fascinating.

Is there a place where the entire speech can be seen?

[BradLarsen2007]

I only have this edited version of the talk. I did include the highpoints. Glad you enjoyed it.

[rjkennedy98]

All I know is that nothing tastes better than a good steak. You figure out how to do it without killing cows and I'll hop on the bandwagon.

[qwondoflex]

Humans can THRIVE without ingesting any animal products.

[1imesub]

I never knew Cesar Chavez was vegan. Thanks for the history lesson.

[1imesub]

Even if the animals on that particular farm were "happy," it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things since 99% of meat comes from factory farms.  Of course those "happy" animals are sent to the same slaughterhouses as all the other animals.

[ruthiness]

@DeadFishFactory - well you just have to do a little research to see that it is clearly part of Agenda 21 to force us all to "eat only locally grown food". The same people pushing Agenda 21 (World Wildlife Foundation are one of the big groups at the top) are aligned with PETA and global warmers and it is well known that the global warmers feel that eating meat contributes to "global warming". How does that make anyone look bad except the totalitarians who support the UN and globalism?

[DeadFishFactory]

@ruthiness Oh god, I feel as if you're a vegan masquerading as a person who eats meat, posting troll comments just to make meat-eaters look bad.

[ruthiness]

This is all part of the UN Agenda 21 plot to control our food, keep us from HUNTING and FARMING. They are attacking our very lifestyle. Gee I wonder how many VEGANS are at the UN? Meanwhile, these same people have no qualms about sucking a human life from a woman's womb to avoid being "punished with a child"

[ruthiness]

That's funny - the latest thing is the Paleo Diet and Primal Blueprint - which means EATING MEAT and by all accounts that has been THE BEST DIET FOR HUMANS - MEAT VEGETABLES SEEDS NUTS FRUIT. MEAT IS NEEDED BY HUMANS

[ruthiness]

Another self-hating liberal. If you want to be a vegan go ahead but leave the rest of us alone! Vegans are often iron deficient because WE ARE SUPPOSED TO EAT MEAT. Are you going to chastise predators in the wild for killing other animals too? Gee why is that? Because they are SUPPOSED TO EAT MEAT AND SO ARE WE.