Monday, August 31, 2009

to meat or not to meat

Posted by justme at Monday, August 31, 2009
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i was put in a tizzy on thursday because of this article: Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food
in time magazine.

when i was in jr. high, i did some sort of speech and then was soon after approached by the high school debate coach to participate in a speech contest, as she had watched me previously.  i had no clue what i was doing, and it wasn't for a grade, so i did what any person would do, and researched the crap out of a topic that i knew nothing about.  i don't know why, but i chose the topic of animal rights.  i did the contest, i don't remember if i won or lost...but i knew more about this topic than i would have in any other situation...and i had talked my mom from out of getting a fur coat.  point for me.

i had a boyfriend in jr. high, that was vegetarian.  not uncommon for people in colorado, but in jr. high?  anyway, i tried a stint of that for a while...but not for any real cause.

after reading this article...i don't know if i can eat any more meat again.  i started thinking about how i cannot watch things that are negative towards animals...then i started wondering if i have been running from what i need to read and know about.  isn't that what we do, as humans?  not investigate and hide from things that could possibly have a gigantic impact on our lives? 

i wrote to a friend from high school, who had posted many things on facebook about being vegan.  she wasn't, i didn't think, in high school, so i asked her to tell me her story and what caused this for her.  she was helpful and gave me tons of reading materials that she had read that had swayed her into veganism.  for a split second, the thought came into my head, that "I can't read this stuff...it will make me too sad", but then i realized, i can't NOT read this stuff, if it is factual.







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Kathryn said...

Thank you for sharing this article.

I've been eating a "pescatarian" diet for about 18 months now.

Part of the reason is that we eat with my ILs 2 days a week, & my MIL will not use organic food, even if i purchased it for us. If it was once a month i might consider it, but twice a week is just too much. It was easier for me to go vegetarian & not have to deal with the issue.

A large part of the reason for my change is the chemicals/antibiotics, etc., mentioned in this article. I've health issues that i believe were caused by many of the chemicals used in/on foods. But much of the reason i made the change is because of he heartless way feedlot animals are treated.

I still, occasionally, cook meat for my husband, but i try to choose organic, grass fed beef & humanely raised chicken.

I do feel very passionate about it for the reasons mentioned in the article. Thank you for sharing it.

September 1, 2009 at 6:42 PM

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to meat or not to meat

Posted by justme on Monday, August 31, 2009
Labels: , ,
North American homemade BurgerImage via Wikipedia
i was put in a tizzy on thursday because of this article: Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food
in time magazine.

when i was in jr. high, i did some sort of speech and then was soon after approached by the high school debate coach to participate in a speech contest, as she had watched me previously.  i had no clue what i was doing, and it wasn't for a grade, so i did what any person would do, and researched the crap out of a topic that i knew nothing about.  i don't know why, but i chose the topic of animal rights.  i did the contest, i don't remember if i won or lost...but i knew more about this topic than i would have in any other situation...and i had talked my mom from out of getting a fur coat.  point for me.

i had a boyfriend in jr. high, that was vegetarian.  not uncommon for people in colorado, but in jr. high?  anyway, i tried a stint of that for a while...but not for any real cause.

after reading this article...i don't know if i can eat any more meat again.  i started thinking about how i cannot watch things that are negative towards animals...then i started wondering if i have been running from what i need to read and know about.  isn't that what we do, as humans?  not investigate and hide from things that could possibly have a gigantic impact on our lives? 

i wrote to a friend from high school, who had posted many things on facebook about being vegan.  she wasn't, i didn't think, in high school, so i asked her to tell me her story and what caused this for her.  she was helpful and gave me tons of reading materials that she had read that had swayed her into veganism.  for a split second, the thought came into my head, that "I can't read this stuff...it will make me too sad", but then i realized, i can't NOT read this stuff, if it is factual.







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1 comments:

Kathryn said...

Thank you for sharing this article.

I've been eating a "pescatarian" diet for about 18 months now.

Part of the reason is that we eat with my ILs 2 days a week, & my MIL will not use organic food, even if i purchased it for us. If it was once a month i might consider it, but twice a week is just too much. It was easier for me to go vegetarian & not have to deal with the issue.

A large part of the reason for my change is the chemicals/antibiotics, etc., mentioned in this article. I've health issues that i believe were caused by many of the chemicals used in/on foods. But much of the reason i made the change is because of he heartless way feedlot animals are treated.

I still, occasionally, cook meat for my husband, but i try to choose organic, grass fed beef & humanely raised chicken.

I do feel very passionate about it for the reasons mentioned in the article. Thank you for sharing it.

September 1, 2009 at 6:42 PM

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