The Carnivore’s Dilemma

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Nicolette Hahn Niman argues in this op-ed piece that singling out meat-eating as harmful to the environment is overly simplistic.

A meat goat rancher from northern California, she gives a great argument for homestead farms in her essay — one of the most read stories in The New York Times this week.

Niman and her husband, Bill, were featured in this story in The Times earlier this year.

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