Winner Signed ARC of David Kirby's Animal Factory

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Winner Signed ARC of David Kirby's Animal Factory

Congrats to our winner Lin Wessels. The contest is closed.

Visit the website HERE. Order your copy at Amazon HERE.

"A propulsive chronicle. Thanks to Kirby’s extraordinary journalism, we have the most relatable, irrefutable, and unforgettable testimony yet to the hazards of industrial animal farming." BOOKLIST

"Immensely readable, should be required reading for anybody concerned with how CAFOs are changing the nature of livestock farming." LIBRARY JOURNAL

Swine flu. MRSA. Unusual concentrations of cancer and other diseases. Massive fish kills from algal blooms and flesh-eating parasites. Recalls of meats, vegetables, and fruits because of deadly E-coli bacteria contamination. Recent public health crises raise urgent questions about how our animal-derived food is raised and brought to market. In Animal Factory, bestselling investigative journalist David Kirby exposes the powerful business and political interests behind large-scale factory farms, and tracks the far-reaching fallout that can contaminate our air, land, and water supply.

In this thoroughly-researched book, Kirby follows three families and communities whose lives are utterly changed by immense neighboring animal farms. These facilities, known as “Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations,” or CAFOs, confine thousands of pigs, dairy cattle, and poultry in small spaces, often under stressful conditions, and generate enormous volumes of fecal and biological waste as well as other toxins. Weaving science, politics, big business, and everyday life, Kirby accompanies these families in their 20-year struggle against animal factories. A North Carolina fisherman takes on pig farms upstream to preserve his river, his family’s life, and his home. A mother in a small Illinois town pushes back against an outsized cattle farm and its devastating impact. And, a Washington state grandmother becomes an unlikely activist when her home is covered with soot and her water supply is compromised by runoff from leaking lagoons of animal waste.

Animal Factory is an important book about our American food system gone terribly wrong—and the people who are fighting to restore sustainable farming practices and safe natural resources.

Posted by Age of Autism on February 28, 2010 at 05:46 AM in Current Affairs | Permalink | Comments (6)

Comments

to Mr Kirby
thanks for writing the book, can't wait to read it
keep on keeping on!
you rock!

Posted by: essfox | March 01, 2010 at 01:39 PM

Well, if I couldn't win it myself, I couldn't be happier about the outcome. Congrats Lin!!!

Posted by: Wade Rankin | March 01, 2010 at 08:24 AM

YAY LIN!!! :)

Posted by: Julie Swenson | March 01, 2010 at 12:16 AM

Congrats Lin! - Your signed copy will go out this week - Make sure that AOA has your mailing address

And thanks to everyone for all your wonderful comments and support - David

Posted by: David Kirby | February 28, 2010 at 11:36 PM

COOL!! My sincerest thanks to David Kirby and Age of Autism for this opportunity!! I actually won! Can't wait to read it!!! You all ROCK my WORLD!!

Posted by: Lin | February 28, 2010 at 07:40 PM

Lin, You booger!!! LOL Well, now I'll just have to borrow it from you! Congrats sweet!

Posted by: rileysmom | February 28, 2010 at 01:09 PM

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