Jonathan Safran Foer Interview: "Eating Animals" Author On The Morality Of Vegetarianism

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Jonathan Safran Foer is known for acclaimed novels such as Everything Is Illuminated. Foer was an on-again, off-again vegetarian for years. But the birth of his son led Foer to ask: Was it right to feed his son meat? The result is Eating Animals ($25.99, Little, Brown), his new book on the moral, environmental and health quandaries involved. USA TODAY's Elizabeth Weise spoke with Foer.

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