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How Cows Become Burgers: Follow Along From Farm To Table
Paperback
Series: Rejected Children's Books (Funny Books for Adults), Book 8
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 2 2020
Pages: 28
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.07 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Kids love cows. Cows are large, gentle, emotionally available animals with big eyes and an unfortunate relationship with the food industry that nobody in a children's book has ever addressed with complete honesty until now. This book starts in the cow kingdom. It ends somewhere else. It tells you where it's going in the title and then takes you there, step by illustrated step, with the patient educational tone of a farm field trip guide who has decided today is the day we explain the full process rather than stopping conveniently before things get uncomfortable.
This adult parody book is a farm-to-table explainer that follows through on the promise of farm-to-table. Where do burgers come from? This book answers that question with cartoon art, educational enthusiasm, and complete refusal to leave out the part that every other children's farm book stops before reaching. The cow kingdom is the beginning. The full story is the point. The burger is the destination. Bon appétit, and also, this is where food comes from.
This Book IS For:- Adults who grew up on farm books that conveniently ended before the supply chain revealed itself
- Parents who have been asked where does food come from? and want a book that answers completely
- Vegetarians and vegans who want to give someone a gift that makes the agricultural system's logic visible
- Gift-givers who appreciate educational content that doesn't blink at the part everyone else edits out
- Children who have been told cows live long happy farm lives and whose parents need that version to remain intact for at least three more years
- Farmers who find this depiction of their industry insufficiently flattering and would like to discuss the nuances
- Anyone currently eating a burger while reading this description and who has not thought this through
- Readers who believe the farm-to-table conversation should end at the farm and imply the table
- Gifts for anyone who works in food, agriculture, or any industry that benefits from consumers not asking too many questions
- White elephant exchanges where someone in the group is a committed carnivore and someone else is not
- Baby showers for parents who have decided they will raise honest children who understand where things come from
- Gag gifts for the friend who describes themselves as a foodie and has very specific restaurant opinions
Most food costs more than this book and involves cows going through an experience this book describes without the cartoon art making it more pleasant. You are already participating in the supply chain. The least you can do is understand it, illustrated, in a format that takes four minutes to read and lasts considerably longer than any of the products the cows eventually become. That is the circle of life, documented. That is farm to table, followed all the way to the table.
Buy it for someone who loves burgers and can handle context. Buy it for someone who has never made the connection and is ready to. Buy it for a child who asks too many questions and deserves honest answers. The cow kingdom is the beginning. This book is the middle. You already know the end because you've eaten it. Now you have the full picture.
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