Jonathan Safran Foer “Eating Animals” Chosen By College Of Charleston
Written by Vegetarian Star on October 25th, 2012 in Animal Issues, Authors, Books, Food & Drink.
Jonathan Safran Foer‘s Eating Animals was chosen by the College of Charleston as this year’s College Reads! selection. The College Reads! program chooses a book for incoming students to read that is then incorporated into various academic syllabi and discussed throughout the year.
Eating Animals touches on the livestock and meat industry, environmental impact of meat eating, animal welfare standards, vegetarianism and veganism and more.
Christopher Korey, the coordinator of CofC’s freshman program the First Year Experience, said the book was already popular among the college-aged crowd known for using those times to re-evaluate its priorities and beliefs.
“It’s certainly having an effect on the students. It’s one of the few [College Reads! books] that they seem to be reading randomly — you know, you see them carrying it around, reading it between classes,” Korey said.
Martin Jones, a CofC math professor who is also vegan and has pushed for the school to select Eating Animals since it was published in 2009 said, “I think we’re on the verge of a paradigm shift. We need that critical mass, and as people begin to change the way they eat and the way they think about food, I think we’ll get there.”
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