Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Eating Animals, is on a quest to find out where his food comes from. There are a lot of emotional reasons and tradition associated with eating meat in his background, including a grandmother who survived the Holocaust.
Foer attempts to represent multiple sides and views of animal agriculture. He visits with farmers that are more humane than the typical factory-farmed animal, yet realizes that these are not the conditions most animals are raised in, nor is it likely that anyone could try to consistently find these sources for their meat consumption due to them being such a small portion of animal agriculture. Included are essays from animal activists representing an animal rights view in juxtaposition to the farmers' welfare approach.
