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Veganism.” —BRUCE FRIEDRICH, Peta Vegetarian Campaign Coordinator Vegan: the New Ethics of Eating Free Downloadable Edition REVISED EDITION “Marcus’s book is widely considered to be the best introduction to veganism.” —BRUCE FRIEDRICH, PeTA Vegetarian Campaign Coordinator Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating Free Downloadable Edition Because of the importance and urgency we feel the message of Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating holds for the larger world beyond our regular distribution channels, Erik Marcus, the author and copyright holder, and McBooks Press, the publisher, have created this free, downloadable edition. Read it, share it with friends, forward it to whatever venues you feel will benefit from an expanded understanding of what Americans eat, how it is produced, and the negative impacts that food and those processes have on individuals and the natural world. But, please understand that any commercial use or duplication of this copyrighted material is prohibited by federal law. If you would like to support the wider dissemination of Erik Marcus’s message, please buy a copy of this book. FOR MORE INFORMATION McBooks Press To order copies of Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating, or other books on veganism and vegetarianism call toll free at 1-888-266-5711 or visit the McBooks website http://www.mcbooks.com. Vegan is also available through your favorite bookstore or online bookseller. To obtain permission to use this material in any medium e-mail to Vegan [email protected], or write to McBooks Press, 120 West State Street, Ithaca NY 14850. Erik Marcus and Vegan.com Erik Marcus is a writer and public speaker who is dedicated to the advocacy of vegan and vegetarian diets and is the publisher of the http://www.Vegan.com website. The site features news updated daily, as well as comprehensive information for both vegans and aspiring vegetarians. You can contact Erik Marcus through Vegan.com by sending an e-mail to [email protected]. Farm Sanctuary For more information about Farm Sanctuary—the havens featured in Vegan, where rescued farm animals live out their days without crowding, confinement, or transport to the slaughterhouse—please visit their website is http://www.farmsanctuary.org. They are located at: FARM SANCTUARY – EAST, P.O. Box 150, Watkins Glen, NY 14891 ph: 607-583-2225 fax: 607-583-2041 FARM SANCTUARY – WEST, P.O. Box 1065, Orland, CA 95963 ph: 530-865-4617 fax: 530-865-4622 i USED BY PERMISSION OF MCBOOKS PRESS TO ORDER: 1-888-266-5711 www.mcbooks.com ve•gan (most commonly pronounced “VEE-gun”) A person who does not eat animal products, including meat, fish, seafood, eggs and dairy products; All-plant. ii VEGAN: THE NEW ETHICS OF EATING COPYRIGHT © 1998, 2001 BY ERIK MARCUS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED VeganREVISED EDITION T h e N e w E t h i c s o f E a t i n g b y E r i k M a r c u s M c B o o k s P r e s s I t h a c a, N e w Y o r k iii USED BY PERMISSION OF MCBOOKS PRESS TO ORDER: 1-888-266-5711 www.mcbooks.com Copyright © 1998, 2001 by Erik Marcus All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or any portion thereof in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical. Requests for such permis- sions should be addressed to McBooks Press, 120 West State Street, Ithaca, NY 14850. Cover and page design by Rider Design Cover photo © Index Stock Photography Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Marcus, Erik, 1966– Vegan : the new ethics of eating / by Erik Marcus.—2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-935526-87-0 (alk. paper) 1. Vegetarianism. 2. Vegetarianism--Moral and ethical aspects. I. Title. RM236.M37 2000 613.2’62--dc21 00-060546 CIP Additional copies of this book and other McBooks Press titles may be ordered from any bookstore or directly from McBooks Press, 120 West State Street, Ithaca, NY 14850; toll-free order line 1-888-266-5711. Add $3.50 shipping and handling for mail orders. New York State residents must add sales tax to total. Ask us about bulk purchase discounts for your business or organization. Visit the McBooks website at http://www.mcbooks.com This book is distributed to the book trade by LPC Group 1436 West Randolph Street Chicago, IL 60607 1-800-626-4330 Printed in the United States of America 987654 A U T H O R ’ S N O T E Some conversations quoted in this book were, for the sake of clarity and cohesive- ness, adapted from a composite of personal interviews, letters, e-mails, telephone conversations, and other communications which occurred over a period of time. Occasionally, these quotations were rephrased to remove abstruse technical wording. The persons who were quoted were given the opportunity to review the resultant quotes and approve them as representative of their expert opinions. Finally, to preserve the narrative flow of the original edition, I have updated the figures quoted by Lynn Jacobs and Gene Bauston to reflect current grazing fees and slaughter totals. iv VEGAN: THE NEW ETHICS OF EATING COPYRIGHT © 1998, 2001 BY ERIK MARCUS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED To Henry Spira, a tireless defender of animals v USED BY PERMISSION OF MCBOOKS PRESS TO ORDER: 1-888-266-5711 www.mcbooks.com A c k n o w l e d g m e n t s f o r t h e S e c o n d E d i t i o n I give thanks to the people who made this second edition possible. Wendy Skinner, who also edited the first edition of this book, integrated my new writing and research into the existing text. Sandy List gave the revised manuscript a careful review and caught errors not just in the revised manuscript, but also in the original book. Anne Kilgore created an all-new cover and reformatted the layout of each chapter. I am also grateful to all the people who helped make the first edition of this book successful enough to warrant a revised edition. Alex Skutt, publisher of McBooks Press, is largely responsible for this book’s success, and has given this project his constant faith and encouragement. Alka Chandna organized and managed every detail of two lengthy, North American speaking tours and generously gave her time and resources in a thousand other ways. Lastly, I thank the hundreds of people around the U.S. and Canada who took part in setting up speaking events for me, as well as those who worked in other ways to expose this book to a wider audience. A c k n o w l e d g m e n t s f o r t h e F i r s t E d i t i o n Thank you to: My parents, Sonja and David Marcus, for help and encouragement of every kind. Wendy Skinner, Vegan’s editor, for her dedication to producing a quality book. Henry Spira and James Weishaupt for additional support during the writing of this book. To the following people for answering my many questions so patiently and thoroughly: Gene Bauston Lorri Bauston T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. Stephen Dealler, M.B., Ch.B., D.C.M., D.T.M.H., F.R.S.T.M.H., M.R.C., M.D. Dina Fitzsimons, M.S., R.D. Suzanne Havala, M.S., R.D., F.A.D.A. Lynn Jacobs Mark Messina, Ph.D. Virginia Messina, R.D., M.P.H. Dean Ornish, M.D. Carl Phillips, Ph.D. David Pimentel, Ph.D. Bernard Rollin, Ph.D. Terry Shintani, M.D., M.P.H., J.D. David J. Wolfson, J.D. In addition, I would like to thank: Michael Rider, for designing the page layout of this book. Dan Winkler for editing early drafts. Patricia Zafiriadis, for sorting through and reformatting every footnote in this book as well as performing a number of other arduous pre-publication tasks. My past associate Michael Greger, for researching much of the mad cow and heart disease chapters, contributing some text to the mad cow chapter, and reviewing most of the manuscript. Elizabeth J. Conrey, for her gracious help in researching and writing material that eventually became the milk chapter. Debra Wasserman, of the Vegetarian Resource Group, for critiquing several chapters. Alec Shuldiner, Neil Switz, Laura Greger, and many others for reading and commenting on several chapters. Leor Jacobi at Vegan Action, for aiding my earliest research efforts, and for putting me in touch with many of the people who helped to make this book a reality. Werner and Eva Hebenstreit for sharing many hours with me recounting their experi- ences on the Ornish Program. The Physicians Commitee for Responsible Medicine for permission to reprint their New Four Food Groups text. Anthony Arciola, Bill Beane, Al Young, and Rudolf Flesch for teaching me how to write. Tim Polk, Margaret Marr, Jean Ednie, Scott Twombly, Rick Kaplan, Tony White, and also Drew Mitty, Phil Lynott, and Ainslie Perrault. vi VEGAN: THE NEW ETHICS OF EATING COPYRIGHT © 1998, 2001 BY ERIK MARCUS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED C o n t e n t s Foreword by Howard Lyman viii Introduction x PART I TO YOUR HEALTH C H A P T E R 1 The beat goes on 3 C H A P T E R 2 Cutting your cancer risks 25 C H A P T E R 3 Eat well to weigh less 43 C H A P T E R 4 The perfect food isn’t 57 C H A P T E R 5 How now, mad cow 65 PART II THE TRUTH ABOUT FOOD ANIMALS C H A P T E R 6 Rescued! 89 C H A P T E R 7 Chickens and eggs 99 C H A P T E R 8 Pigs 115 C H A P T E R 9 Milk and beef 125 C H A P T E R 1 0 The killing business 139 PART III BEYOND THE DINNER TABLE C H A P T E R 1 1 World hunger 153 C H A P T E R 1 2 American rangeland 171 C H A P T E R 1 3 Awakening 187 ........
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