
A Meaty Issue: Thinking Beyond Your Dinner Plate
"Thinking Beyond Your Dinner Plate"
Synopsis
Most of us meat-eaters put the notion of slaughterhouses and mass meat production to the very back of our minds. This film investigates whether the world's mushrooming appetite for cheap meat is growing out of control. Filmed in China, India, Europe, and Africa, this film investigates the consequences of the world's growing appetite for cheap meat on the environment, society, and the individual.
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