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Just remember the next time that you chomp down on that cheeseburger at your neighborhood fast food joint that there are traces of animal excrement and offal in the meat along with those trans-fat fried onion rings and french fries. Bon Appetit people.
Some of you seem to be able to find spiritual peace in a bowl of soy bean curd. That's fine for you. I always thought being one with nature meant being a part of the circle of life
If slaughterhouses had glass walls the whole world would be vegetarian.
Linda McCartney
Circle of life? Try the circle of death. Cruel, inhumane, and horrific death.
Right on, enveg01. Mort, in which part of nature do you find a factory farm?
Soylent Green is part of the circle of life. If God didn't intend us to eat people He wouldn't have made us out of meat.
While living at a yoga center, I was fortunate to be exposed to "conscious eating" and "holistic living," What really changed my life, and took these words and practices to a level beyond a solely self- and human-centered existence, was making the "radical" but natural and celebratory change to vegan living after seeing "Diet for a New America" 15 years ago (at age 43). Shocked to the core at seeing the confinement, cruelty, and killing inherent in "raising" animals for food (and subsequently all other areas of human exploitation), my heart and mind were opened to who the "other animals" are --- from the tiniest insect to the largest mammal ---living, feeling beings deserving life, freedom, equal consideration and respect.
While at times I'm discouraged, I truly believe that love and compassion reside in the core of every human heart, waiting to flower, burst forth into full bloom, and create a kinder, gentler world for All beings.
"Conscious eating" is wonderful if you can "afford it." Actually I mean to literally afford to pick and choose what you eat. Ms. Freston and dear Oprah have money, and people with money have always had the luxury of choosing to eat or not eat as they please. Food historians have written time and again that veganism or vegetarianism as a choice gained favor among the wealthy.
The poor, often, do not have that luxury of choice. You can't choose what you cannot afford. You cannot be picky when eating is not a daily given. When you shop at the Food Bank and not at Whole Foods or Greenmarket, conscious eating takes on a whole new meaning.
Perhaps some of these people should try the "Poverty Diet" next. Let's see if there is a bestseller in that book.
You don't need Whole Foods or Greenmarket. Virtually everybody (including most we might classify as "poor") has the "luxury" to buy grains, beans, fruits and vegetables (plus nuts, seeds and other plant-based foods), which form the basis of a healthy and compassionate way of eating. These are widely available and affordable (we have a "Bottom Dollar" store here where prices are 10-20 % less than other supermarkets).
The primary aspect of "conscious eating" is a shift in how we view other animals, and making choices that respect all sentient beings by saying Yes to life and No to cruelty and killing. That's the foundation of "vegan" living and our choices of what products and enterprises to support in all areas of life.
p.s. If you can provide the sources, I'd be interested to read what "food historians" have written about this subject.
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jade7243 -- are you suggesting that things like tofu, mushrooms, kale, broccoli and tomatoes are more expensive than chicken, meat and fish? Seriously.
greenwriter,
You can't even find things like tofu, mushrooms (excluding portobello and definitely not including shitake) and kale at a market in a poor neighborhood. You can't even find vine-ripe tomatoes. And there is no "organic" selection.
Why don't we take action by eliminating the Poor in the US, instead of developing more of these get rich quick detox/weight loss programs available only to the elite.
Actually, organic fruits and vegetables and grains a