MEATLESS MONDAY

Monday March 14, 2011 

(Ok, so its actually Tuesday- close enough!)

"It might sound naive to suggest that whether you order a chicken patty or a veggie burger is a profoundly important decision... Deciding what to eat (and what to toss overboard) is the founding act of production and consumption that shapes all others.  Choosing leaf or flesh, factory farm or family farm, does not in itself change the world, but teaching ourselves, our children, our local communitities, and our nation to choose conscience over ease can.  One of the greatest opportunitities to live our values --- or betray them --- lies in the food we put on our plates.  And we will live or betray our values not only as individuals, but as nations." - EA

I have never read anything more profound related to veganism/vegetarianism. Since living in Costa I have realized just how addicted we (Americans) are to CONVENIENCE! Its unbelievable. I can only hope that by being a vegetarian, not only for health, but also for humane reasons, I will one day teach my children that its ok to inconvenience ourselves to do the right thing. No one ever said not eating flesh was easy, just right. 

MEATLESS MONDAY

Monday, March 7, 2010

"The average shrimptrawling operation throws 80 to 90 percent of the sea animals it captures overboard, dead or dying, as bycatch. (Endangered species amount to much of this bycatch.) Shrimp account for only 2 percent of global seafood by weight, but shrimp trawling accounts for 33 percent of global bycatch. We tend not to think about this because we tend not to know about it. What if there were labeling on our food letting us know how many animals were killed to bring our desired animal to our plate? So, with trawled shrimp from Indonesia, for example, the label might read: 26 pounds of other sea animals were killed and tossed back into the ocean for every 1 pound of this shrimp." - Eating Animals

This lent season try giving up meat (including fish) every Monday and Friday. You'll be sure to drop a few pounds and become a healthier person from the inside out! Not to mention the positive impact it will have on the environment and the number of animals lives it will save!!