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*from my Amazon.com review* Digestate perhaps takes its name from the wet by-product resulting from anaerobic digestion (a sort of compost) that would be fitting when one considers the rich creative contributions that have flourished in this anthology. A number of the contributors are vegans or vegetarians yet the tone is never sanctimonious or condescending.

JT Yost who assembled this anthology also submits its most poignant offering; his `Slaughterhouse Stories' is the testimony of an ex-employee of a packing plant. It is an immensely sad and affecting indictment of factory farming and brought me almost to tears. Some of the other entries have a more sympathetic view to the consumption of animal protein; `How To Eat A Chicken' by Sophia Weideman is a simple yet startling contribution that deals with the ritualistic and familial relationship we have with meat.

There are also contributions which are lighter in tone; Marek Bennett's account of his time in Slovakia is cheerful and funny, Jeffrey Brown's `Bacon VS. Asparagus' is rendered in his usual delightful scrawl and Victor Kerlew brings us the bizarre 'Taco Head'.

This anthology is a veritable smorgasbord of stories; some short and sweet, others more substantial and collectively they form a most satisfying meal.