If You Love Animals, Don't Eat Them.
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What Is the Best Thing You Can Do for Animals?
When I was younger, my Mom had a pair of rabbit fur slippers. I asked her how she could wear slippers made out of the skins of murdered rabbits and she said to me, "What about the dead chickens and cows on your plate?" (We keep kosher, so those are the most common animals I ate -- and I never liked fish.) I had never thought of things in quite that way before. I decided she was right and I should stop eating animals. That was about 33 years ago.
About 12 years later, I read that it takes a lot less land to grow food for a vegan than it does for an omnivore (one who eats meat and vegetation) but it takes less land to grow food for a vegan than it does even for a vegetarian. I decided right then and there to go vegan.
I still think the best thing people can do for themselves (I've lost close to 100 pounds since my omnivorous days), the animals and the earth.
Vegetarian? Vegan?
Vegetarianism is popularly defined as eating "nothing with a face". That means that vegetarians (also known as "lacto-ovo" or "ovo-lacto" vegetarian -- though, in popular parlance the "lacto-ovo" or "ovo-lacto" is usually dropped and only "vegetarian" is used) eat no meat, poultry of seafood. They do eat eggs and/or dairy.Veganism is usually defined as eating no animal foods. Many vegetarians and vegans use non-animal source cosmetics, clothing (as in no leather or fur, and for vegans, no wool or silk, etc.) and other items.
I have other lenses with advice on how to get started:
Why Be Vegetarian
Vegetarianism: Getting Started 1
Vegetarianism: Getting Started 2
Quick Vegan Cooking
Creating new recipes from old
See below for other links.
Vegetarian Cookbooks from Amazon
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I know when I was first becoming vegetarian I needed help. Has this lens helped you?
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sunworld
Mar 31, 2012 @ 3:20 pm | delete
- Great lens. I feel that going vegan is keeping kosher at it's highest level.
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darciefrench
Feb 8, 2011 @ 5:05 pm | delete
- Reminds me of a shirt my brother used to have when he was little, it said, "If you love me, don't feed me junk". Love the simple way you've framed the question of going vegan or not, and I love the extra bits about which way is best (vegan or vegetarian) in terms of amount of land that gets used to produce food. Many thanks, angel blessed and featured on blessed pets.
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My "Bayit and Garden" blog
Compugraphd's Printfection Store
This cutting board is only one of several Veg themed items at our store:
Compugraphd Printfection site
(Click on the picture to go directly to this product's page)
Vegetarian themed products from compugraphd on Cafe Press
Vegetarian themed products from compugraphd on Zazzle
Another Way to Help Animals
The Society was formed to alleviate the injustices animals faced then, and we continue to battle cruelty today. Whether it's saving a pet who has been accidentally poisoned, fighting to pass humane laws, rescuing animals from abuse or sharing resources wi
Yet Another Way to Help Animals
The BuckHawk Center is a nonprofit organization providing rescue, rehabilitation and adoption where possible for animals in need, located in Southern Missouri.
And One More Way to Help Animals
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