
A Cow at My Table
A Cow at My Table explores Western attitudes towards farm animals and meat, and the intense battle between animal advocates and the meat industry to influence the consumer's mind. Five years in production took Director Jennifer Abbott across Canada, the US, Australia and New Zealand to meet with the leaders of the animal rights movement, animal welfare advocates as well as spokespeople from livestock industries. A Cow at My Table inter-cuts these diverse perspectives with archival films, images from modern-day agribusiness and footage of farm animals shot from uncharacteristic vantage points.
Cast
Susan Kitchen
Herself - Alberta Foundation for Animal Care
Susan Schafers
Herself - Holborn Poultry Farms
Joy Ripley
Herself - Alberta Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Ian Duncan
Himself - Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare
Jeannette Armstrong
Herself - Activist, Writer
Karen Davis
Herself - United Poultry Concerns

Vandana Shiva
Herself

Carol J. Adams
Herself - Author of The Sexual Politics of Meat
Tom Regan
Himself - Philosopher, Activist

Howard Lyman
Himself - Author of Mad Cowboy

Peter Singer
Himself - Philosopher, Activist
Storyline
A Cow at My Table explores Western attitudes towards farm animals and meat, and the intense battle between animal advocates and the meat industry to influence the consumer's mind. Five years in production took Director Jennifer Abbott across Canada, the US, Australia and New Zealand to meet with the leaders of the animal rights movement, animal welfare advocates as well as spokespeople from livestock industries. A Cow at My Table inter-cuts these diverse perspectives with archival films, images from modern-day agribusiness and footage of farm animals shot from uncharacteristic vantage points.
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