http://www.keepitsimplefoods.com/foodnews/yes-we-can-eat-vegetarian/ Simple vegetarian recipes for healthy, busy people Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:39:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.keepitsimplefoods.com/foodnews/yes-we-can-eat-vegetarian/comment-page-1/#comment-286 Jennifer Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:01:31 +0000 http://www.keepitsimplefoods.com/?p=56#comment-286 well said ashley! Thanks for your post! well said ashley! Thanks for your post!

]]> http://www.keepitsimplefoods.com/foodnews/yes-we-can-eat-vegetarian/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Ashley Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:22:08 +0000 http://www.keepitsimplefoods.com/?p=56#comment-283 I have that book on my bookshelf! For me, it was Paul Singer's, The Ethics of What We Eat, that took this farm raised Wisconsin meat eating girl to a soy based vegetarian. I love meat but I can't negate the fact that eating it is the single most wasteful thing you can do. In a world where people are fighting for clean drinking water and the UN is dropping bags of grain from planes, I find it hard to justify the consumption of meat. 1,400 gallons of water and 81 lbs of grain is required to produce ONE pound of beef. And that's not even delving into the CO2 emission from production to methane byproduct. Take that and factor in the health complications, the cost, and the practices of factory farming and there's really no argument. Cutting out meat is the single biggest thing you can do to save the environment - and yourself. I have that book on my bookshelf! For me, it was Paul Singer’s, The Ethics of What We Eat, that took this farm raised Wisconsin meat eating girl to a soy based vegetarian. I love meat but I can’t negate the fact that eating it is the single most wasteful thing you can do. In a world where people are fighting for clean drinking water and the UN is dropping bags of grain from planes, I find it hard to justify the consumption of meat. 1,400 gallons of water and 81 lbs of grain is required to produce ONE pound of beef. And that’s not even delving into the CO2 emission from production to methane byproduct. Take that and factor in the health complications, the cost, and the practices of factory farming and there’s really no argument. Cutting out meat is the single biggest thing you can do to save the environment – and yourself.

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