EAN: 9781771649902

THE PIG AND I - KRISTOFFER HATTLELAND ENDRESEN ...

In this lively and fascinating book  a guilt-ridden  bacon-loving journalist finds work at an
industrial pig farm as he researches the long and torrid history of humans and swine. After
convincing a skeptical pig farmer to take him on as a hired hand for six months  journalist
Kristoffer Endresen follows a litter of piglets from birth to slaughter  all in the hopes of
understanding what goes on inside an industrial pig farm and whether humans can ethically
justify eating pork... which just so happens to be the most consumed animal protein in the
world. During his days as a beginner pig wrangler  he mucks out pig pens and cuddles a cute
piglet. He inseminates a female pig and narrowly escapes being trampled. Endresen interweaves
his fast times at a piggery with surprising insights into the long and star-crossed bond
between pigs and humans-drawing on history  literature  archeology  and myth-and shares new
science into video-game-playing swine and pig heart transplants  and asks if pigs really are as
smart as we think. Both an engaging saga of an overlooked animal and a provocative exploration
of the ethics of industrial meat  The Pig and I asks us to consider not only where our food
comes from  but also the tangled history that first brought it to our plates.

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