Bloomsbury Sigma, one of the world’s largest publishers, has secured the rights to a powerful new book about the movement to ease suffering on — and ultimately end — factory chicken farms.
Grilled: Turning Adversaries to Allies in the Fight to Change the Chicken Industry was written by Leah Garcés, founder and executive director of Compassion in World Farming U.S. and incoming president of Mercy For Animals. The book is scheduled for publication in September 2019.
“Factory farming causes untold damage to the environment, to communities and, foremost, to the animals,” says Garcés. “For years, we activists have gone head to head with the industry but only made marginal inroads. Then we took a different approach. In Grilled, I tell the story of the tremendous progress we made when we had the courage to go out of our comfort zone and engage with the so-called enemy.”
With degrees in zoology and sustainable development, Garcés has spent her career campaigning against cruelty to farmed animals across the globe, establishing partnerships with some of the biggest food companies in the world along the way. With Grilled, she shares her stories about the various people she’s worked with during that time, from farmers and chicken tycoons to activists and meat scientists.
“Leah’s story of how she is achieving demonstrable change not through conflict, anger and protest but via dialogue, friendship and persuasion, improving the lives of millions, perhaps billions of animals in the process, is simply irresistible, and I’m proud to have the opportunity to bring it to a wide audience,” said Jim Martin, publisher at Bloomsbury Sigma. “Grilled will give Leah’s tireless campaigning of both Compassion in World Farming and Mercy For Animals the spotlight it deserves.”
Factory farms are horrific places for all animals, and far more chickens are raised and slaughtered for meat than any other land species. The birds housed in these hellish, warehouse-like facilities suffer tremendously, genetically manipulated for extreme growth, stuffed into tiny cages and even tortured by workers.
Grilled offers an insightful look into the fight to change these practices. With distribution by a major publisher, its message of compassion is slated to reach a wide audience, exposing the inhumane industry and pushing for change.
Cruelty needs to stop and animals should be treated fairly.
I hope this book takes a firm stand on behalf of the chickens, and against not just “factory farming” but against animal farming – which is the source of factory farming.
Karen Davis, PhD, President of United Poultry Concerns and author of Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs: An Inside Look at the Modern Poultry Industry. http://www.upc-online.org
So sad hearing how farms or farm factories treat gods helpless animals! Why the torture? Please let’s end this cruelty
It isn’t solely factory farms that are the problem. It’s animal agriculture in general (and fishing) that are. It’s the lack of basic respect for our fellow sentient species that is the basic problem. Promoting alternative animal production systems is part of the problem, not a solution. The solution is for people to stop treating nonhuman animals as commodities and consumables and instead treat them with the respect, fairness and compassion they deserve as sentient beings.
Causing pain and death is no a good taste
Eggs used to taste good not anymore. Thank you so much for your work in attempting to stop those out to profit for themselves while hurting so many others. GREAT JOB! Last question HOW CAN WE STOP THESE CROOKS?
Could you also look into the NYC ACC? This is the place that kills dogs and cats daily and they are sweet helpless dogs turned in my owners who have no idea what this place will do to their dogs.
JUST GET THE DEATH PENALTY ROLLING FOR ALL ANIMAL ABUSERS, PEDOPHILES, CHILD PORNERS,
RAPISTS, DRUG DEALERS AND MASS POLLUTERS ON THE ENVIRONMENT; THEN WE SHALL HAVE A
CLEAN HAPPY, HEALTHY, AND WEALTHY PLANET. JUST THINK OF ALL THE HUMAN SUM THAT LINGERS
ABOUT DOING HARM.
You are absolutely right….it would certainly be a better world
So happy to hear that this will be published, hope it becomes the #1 seller.
Hopefully, we are coming to realize the pain and suffering we are causing by our thoughtless eating habits. Thank you for caring enough to make a difference. Can’t wait until this book is published so I can share your insight. So much resistance in our culture to the movement to cease animal agriculture.
This industry is horrific. Very cruel…. There has to be a more humane way.
They are God’s Creatures.
And we shall not kill and hurt, but show compassion and care.
Our life is short also, let us take the chance, do good, stop the violence (‘God is Love’) and support the vegan lifestyle.
He is the beginning and the end, one day we will die also.
Something good for a change.
Warm thougths.
So happy to hear about this book. Just watched a horrifying video on chicken cruelty in a factory farm. According to the video, the grocer I use buys eggs from them. Since a neighbor raises hens, I’m going to buy eggs from her from now on. I know her hens are treated well. My grocer just lost my egg business–not sure whether this matters to them, but it matters to me.
Bless you for being so dedicated.
Many thanks to this woman who will do a great deal to persuade others of the wrongs of factory farming.
How wonderful that this dedicated, brave, and charming, woman is wooing the industry and making progress toward greater kindness for animals. I guess we’ll have to read the book to find out what that progress is.
Personally, we need over-seers on the floor to ensure that the animals are not being physically abused in addition to the other horrors they endure to serve (mainly) the human appetite.
You attract more bees with honey…
My library doesn’t have it yet so please send more emails to get it known!!! love Dawn
So glad this lady is addressing this problem happening far too long for these poor farm animals for our consumption!!! Change to come for humans to wake up!!!
I cannot understand how people can commit such unspeakiable acts against animals for PURE GREED. what lawmakers have to understand is that they often go on to torture and kill their fellow people, just read the news. so many times it began with animals. we need God and morals re established in our country. until that time, we will continue down the road. What has happened in the past will happen again when we do not learn to act against brutality.
Way to go Leah Garces all your efforts will really help these poor tortured chickens & hopefully waken people up to the horrendous conditions these chickens are exposed to.
Take care Coreen Kerr
OMGosh…. thank you, thank you blessed author. FINALLY we may be making progress. Now IF ONLY we could get the news media to get on board.