Are we really what we eat?

Australia is a country where meat is our national icon — we commune around the barbie and love our meat pies. 

Yet, we also have some of the oldest vegetarian societies and earliest western animal cruelty laws. 

In the place of The World Today on Good Friday, James Carleton from Radio National’s God Forbid philosopher Professor Rachel Ankeny, author Edgar Crook and theologian Professor David Clough to examine what we eat from cultural, ethical and historical perspectives.

GUESTS:

• Rachel Ankeny is Chair and Professor of Philosophy at Wageningen University.
• Edgar Crook is author of "Abstainers! – a vegetarian and vegan history of Australia" and "Vegetarianism in Australia 1788 to 1948: A Cultural and Social History."
• David Clough is Chair in Theology and Applied Sciences at the University of Aberdeen.