Saw this on Bittman's blog, and yikes! a graph of animal slaughter in the US that is not all that pleasant to look at, or think about. One of a number of things lately stacking up in the vegetarian pile.
I'm still eating meat - calm down out there, folks - but it's getting harder and harder. Even my really cool middle-aged elementary-school-teacher aunt just became a vegetarian! I'm surrounded.
Also surrounded by small-sized vegetables, these days. Spent yesterday morning planting onions: quite nice.
Food: Foraging in Spring
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So right now (as alluded to in my previous post), I’m focused on things of
a domestic nature in order to cope with the chaos raging outside my door.
Call i...
3 years ago
2 comments:
More fuel for your fire:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/health/28brod.html?em
Maybe "flexitarianism" is the solution for you? I remember reading once about the Thai government's official food pyramid recommending meat in the "sparingly" category of once or twice a month. Our family isn't quite there yet, but we're getting closer. And it's easier on our budget - at least in Ecuador, with lots of cheap fresh fruits and veggies.
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