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“There is this really intimate connection that people have with the animals they're going to eat. A lot of people who eat meat say "I would never kill my own animals." Well, that means someone else is doing it for you, ultimately. This is the modern attitude that we have: Somebody else will do that for me. And to me, it just seemed wrong. I wanted to be part of the process of what it meant to eat meat. I wanted to be responsible.”

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Novella Carpenter

Novella Carpenter is an American author born in 1972. She is known for her work in urban agriculture, particularly through her writings in 'The Ghosts of Tom Joad' and 'Farm City'. Carpenter established Foster Street Farm in San Francisco, a community farm aimed at improving community health and well-being through food production in the city. more

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