Howard Lyman debates Nicolette Niman- Can good environmentalists eat meat? Berkeley

May 6, 2010

Hi All : ) As most of you know, Howard Lyman is a 3rd or 4th gen. cattle rancher turned vegan + activist. Nicolette Niman will be representing Niman farms, who say they sell " humanely raised " beef. This is a debate between the two of them on whether a 'good environmentalist' can eat meat.

Lyman will be arguing " no " , Niman will be arguing " yes " . Sounds like it will be a spirited, exciting and educational debate!

I would imagine they'll take questions, so it would be good to have a lot of vegetarians/vegans present, especially those who are knowledgable about the destruction meat consumption is wreaking on the world.

<3 Stephanie

Earth Island Presents … and VegNews Magazine

invite you to attend

Lyman vs. Niman: Can You Be a ‘Good Environmentalist’

and Still Eat Meat?

Thursday, May 20, 20107:00 PM (Doors open @ 6:30)

Richard & Rhoda Goldman TheaterThe David Brower Center2150 Allston Way in Berkeley

$10 - $20 Suggested Donation

To purchase tickets in advance, click here

or at the door the night of the event. At least since the publication of Diet for a Small Planet, the environmentally conscious have worried about the impacts of eating meat.

Raising livestock is resource-intensive, often polluting, and, as we are beginning to learn, a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. It’s also one of the ways we’ve fed ourselves for millennia. So is there an ecologically sustainable way to eat meat?

At this public debate, Ari Derfel, co-founder of Gather restaurant in Berkeley will moderate a conversation with Nicolette Hahn Niman — a Marin rancher and author of The Righteous Porkchop — who will argue that there is and Howard Lyman — the author of Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won't Eat Meat — who will disagree.

Please join us for what promises to be a lively and provocative conversation on an issue most of us face three times a day! For more information: www.earthisland.org/events

Location:Brower Center is located in downtown Berkeley across from the UC Berkeley campus

one block from BART and AC Transit connections.Parking available at Oxford Garage (2161 Kittredge, under Brower Center).

-- " Our task must be to widen our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. " Albert Einstein " The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the ways its animals are treated. " Mahatma Gandhi