The plant-based movement is undoubtedly sweeping the world, as is evident by the 140 percent increase in demand for plant-based food products, the abundance of new plant-based brands and restaurants, and a great number of documentaries showcasing the topic. And now there is a new eye-catching documentary called The End of Meat that delves into the issues surrounding our current food system run by industrialized animal agriculture and envisions what the future will look like without meat.
The documentary was made by German filmmaker Marc Pierschel, who is no stranger to the topic, having created the film Live and Let Live in 2013, which covered the history of the vegan movement and the human-animal relationship, as well as the film 184 in 2016, which documented activists working to save the whales from Iceland’s commercial whaling industry.
The filmmakers describe The End of Meat as such: “In The End of Meat, filmmaker Marc Pierschel embarks on a journey to discover what effect a post-meat world would have on the environment, the animals and ourselves. He meets Esther the Wonder Pig, who became an internet phenomenon; talks to pioneers leading the vegan movement in Germany; visits the first fully vegetarian city in India; witnesses rescued farm animals enjoying their newfound freedom; observes the future food innovators making meat and cheese without the animals, even harvesting “bacon” from the ocean, and much more.”
The End of Meat is now available to watch worldwide! In the US, it’s available on iTunes, Amazon Prime Video, Vudu, Microsoft, Vimeo, Redbox, and Playstation. Visit their site to find out how you can watch the movie!
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This is a noble idea, except that the majority of human beings have evolved to require animal foods in order to be well. We are animals, a part of nature and life requires death in an infinite and elegantly designed cycle The change which needs to happen is an end to factory farming and a return to local organic sustainable practices. I am a healthcare provider and my vegan patients experience a marked improvement in health at first, but suffer with very low energy and serious cognitive challenges in the long term. I had one vegan patient who was slowly starving herself-wasting away due to her dogmatic refusal to give her body what it requires. Plant based does not work for everyone, nor will it ever. I tried it 20 years ago and it made me extremely ill. Look to indigenous people, particularly Native Americans and right relationship with our animal brethren.
So what happens to all the animals that are still alive? Just turn them all loose to run wild? Can you imagine what will happen? The ones that eat grass, gardens, etc. will be in competition with humans. The ones that eat meat themselves with have a hay day, I guess. Humans will be considered food for them also. The world will be overrun with animals in competition with humans. Maybe you\’re hoping for another ice age which will kill off almost everyone & thing. Sorry long wait – we\’re having global warming right now.
its ignorant BS comment :D