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I have to say I am not surprised by the reactions. People are attached to their meat consumption the way NRA members are attached to guns... cold, dead hands and all that.
Have a look at the statistics. Look at what the industrial production of meat is doing to our environment.
Have look at how much more meat we are eating today than we were eating say, 20 years ago.
We don't need to eat as much meat as we are eating. We want to...
Is it too much to suggest that perhaps we should eat a little less meat? Nobody is asking you to be vegetarian. Rather, take a day and have some pasta with some veg. Why not make a nice risotto with butternut squash?
Don't get me wrong. I love meat. I eat it all. I will also eat just about anything between the nose and tail (love me some offal). I just think we need to eat a little more responsibly. I don't think most of us even concern ourselves with where our food comes from, let alone the impact it's having on ourselves or our environment.
Perhaps it's time we did.
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