{"id":2566,"date":"2014-11-15T10:53:16","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T10:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astraea.net\/blog\/?p=2566"},"modified":"2014-12-14T11:25:24","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T11:25:24","slug":"omnivores-dilemma-meat-is-sooo-good-but-its-killing-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/omnivores-dilemma-meat-is-sooo-good-but-its-killing-the-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Omnivore’s Dilemma – Meat is sooo good but it’s killing the planet."},"content":{"rendered":"

I love meat.\u00a0 But I don’t eat it any more.\u00a0 My parents still make fun of me for being vegetarian and might still think I should see a shrink.\u00a0\u00a0 Ha ha.<\/p>\n

Why would a meat and potatoes guy who liked steak for breakfast quit meat?\u00a0 There were reasons and the most important is that I knew the livestock industry was killing the planet. and I could be healthy and happy without meat.\u00a0 That was nearly 20 years ago and I’m still alive – without meat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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\"dustymeatlot\"<\/a>National Geographic is pursuing a worthy series of articles on The Future of Food<\/a> and how to feed the growing population.\u00a0 The story for November, Carnivore’s Dilemma,<\/a>\u00a0 caught my eye because of the easy to understand charts that show the cost of beef, in particular, to the planet.\u00a0 The cattle industry is turning the planet into a desert.<\/p>\n

The NG article received\u00a0 criticism because it was lenient on the current industry from meat producers to feed producers to drug providers and GMO purveyors.\u00a0 But the message is clear:\u00a0 the human population can NOT be sustained on the current meat diet\u00a0 and system of food production.\u00a0 It’s everyone’s responsibility to take a step in the right direction of reducing consumption of the planet.<\/p>\n

I used to make fun of Vegetarians and Tofu Eaters … now I’m one. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

National Geographic: The Future of Food<\/a><\/p>\n

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I love meat.\u00a0 But I don’t eat it any more.\u00a0 My parents still make fun of me for being vegetarian and might still think I should see a shrink.\u00a0\u00a0 Ha ha. Why would a meat and potatoes guy who liked steak for breakfast quit meat?\u00a0 There were reasons and the most important is that I …
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