Reflections on the “Don’t Eat Anything With a Face” Debate, Part 1: Overall Impressions and Lessons

This past Wednesday I participated in an Open to Debate formerly known as Intelligence Squared U.S. debate, “Don’t Eat Anything With a Face.” Dr. Neal Barnard and Gene Baur argued for the motion, while Joel Salatin and I argued against it. If you missed it, you can watch the video here. It was a great experience, from which I learned a lot. I will be publishing a series of reflections on the debate, the first installment of which is below.