VegHist Ep 14: Diet Reform. Consumerism, Lebensreform, and Gandhi
Update: 2017-06-29
Description
In the nineteenth century, in America and Germany, new forms of vegetarianism emerge – from the individualistic consumer vegetarianism of America, to the back-to-nature European “life reform” movement.
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Episode 14: Diet Reform
As animal agriculture industrialises and meat consumption rises, the ways that food reformers respond are familiar to people today – the plant-based meat, the celebrity athletes, and the reformers who worship nature, sunshine, and fresh air.
Ian goes to the shops to discover just how many vegetarian staples he owes to pioneers like John Harvey Kellogg. In Sabarmati, northwest India, he visits the Ashram of Mahatma Mohandas K Gandhi.
Play or download (62MB MP3 44min) (via iTunes) or read transcript
Contributors:
- Dr Adam Shprintzen, (Marywood University, Scranton PA) (@VegHistory)
- Dr Julia Twigg (University of Kent)
- Megha Todi (on Instagram) (Sabarmati Ashram Archives)
- Ramachandra Guha (ramachandraguha.in) (@Ram_Guha) (on Wikipedia)
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Vegetarian area at the Chicago World’s Fair
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