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A Vignette from Michigan State University’s Student Organic Farm

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Laurie Thorp explores the liminal space between vegetarian and non-vegetarian diets when she describes caring for pigs as ultimately “killed yes, but no, not killable,” in an account that stimulates the kinds of reflection Heldke calls for.

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Thorp, L. (2017). A Vignette from Michigan State University’s Student Organic Farm. In: Werkheiser, I., Piso, Z. (eds) Food Justice in US and Global Contexts. The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics, vol 24. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57174-4_19

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