10 Signs Vegetarianism Is Catching On

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By Kathy Freston, AlterNet. Posted November 30, 2009.

Martha Stewart promotes a vegetarian Thanksgiving? Recently, much attention has been lavished on the horrors of factory farming and the advantages of a meatless diet.On Thanksgiving, I spent some time taking stock of my life and the world around me and, as we’re supposed to do over the holiday

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[uppity_heathen]

Her daughter is veg. She is probably behind all that.

[gxxx]

Two other interesting articles that follow this same idea -

Eating less Meat helps the planet:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18195-eating-less-meat-helps-the-planet--and-your-heart.html

And one more:

That locally-produced, free-range, organic hamburger might not be as green as you think.

An analysis of the environmental toll of food production concludes that transportation is a mere drop in the carbon bucket. Foods such as beef and dairy make a far deeper impression on a consumer's carbon footprint.

"If you have a certain type of diet that's indicative of the American average, you're not going to do that much for climate while eating locally," says Christopher Weber, a researcher at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh who led a comprehensive audit of the greenhouse gas emissions of our meals.- ... )

[owlroot]

This IS refreshing.
You just brightened up my morning.