Dietary fundamentalism impairs sight and hearing
Too often, conversations about diet get short-circuited by the certainty and intolerance characteristic of fundamentalism.
delusions of separation
The world of hunting: Diversity in plain sight
Every once in a while, a non-hunter asks me, “What’s the hunter’s perspective on such-and-such?”
“Natural causes”: Life and death, food and fantasy
What is so compelling about the idea of life lasting until an organism gives up the ghost of its own accord?
Flesh without animals: The future of food?
What are the implications of making meat in a laboratory? What would it mean for us to take yet another step away from nature?
The good and the slobby: Hunting, logging, living
Everyone I know—hunter or non-hunter—detests slob-hunting: Animals wounded carelessly or maliciously. Bodies and body parts dumped along roadsides. Shots fired at unidentified flashes of movement. And so on. We agree that such behavior is callous and wasteful, disrespectful and dangerous. But why should it surprise us? Recently, while revising a chapter for my book, I … Read more
Deer: Part of every stew, every salad, every stir-fry
Venison, a forester friend tells me, is the best way he knows to eat trees. He points out that whitetails do a dandy job of converting cellulose into protein. When Cath and I sit down to a bowl of venison stew, we are eating more than potato, carrot, and deer. We are also eating maple … Read more
Adult-onset hunting: Know the signs
Experts have not yet determined whether Adult-Onset Hunting™ (AOH) is an epidemic. What they do know is that thousands of people are afflicted. More than a year ago, it was known—and reported in a widely read New York Times article—that a growing number of U.S. citizens had the condition. According to a recent article in … Read more