In an opinion piece over at Permaculture Magazine entitled Have Simon Fairlie and George Monbiot Got It Wrong
About Meat Eating?
I do not make any judgment
about meat eating.
I'm careful
about the meat I eat and make every attempt to eat meat raised in the most natural and humane way possible.
Not exact matches
But what
about all those fruit, vegetable and staples crossing the globe - can we really label them as more sustainable than
eating meat?
Though there had been some talk
about recommendations for reducing red
meat intake, the feds took a soft approach, suggesting merely that «lower intakes of
meats, including processed
meats; processed poultry; sugar - sweetened foods, particularly beverages; and refined grains have often been identified as characteristics of healthy
eating patterns.»
These kinds of foods are arguably more eco-friendly than
meat but - whatever your thoughts
about gluten - free
eating - it will change how protein crops are distributed globally and may divert pulses or increase the price of them for countries such as India that depend of non-livestock proteins.
One person driving less,
eating less factory - farmed
meat, flying less, polluting less, using less air conditioning — you know things you could do — may affect little on a global CO2 scale, but maybe today, if everyone who reads this article who cares
about Thoreau's legacy, who believes in self - determination, who calls him - or herself a leader, or just wants to be one, acts by his or her values...
Pavlovsky said Chanel still relied on
about 15 different tanneries and noted that the average price of high quality lamb leather was rising as people were
eating less
meat and demand kept growing — a trend which also applied to calf hides.
While science can easily suggest that
eating a diet consisting of less
meat and more vegetables is likely healthier, there remains a question
about what the majority of consumers really want to
eat and whether we're heading towards an Uncanny Valley moment.
If being able to more easily purchase
meat and poultry raised without antibiotics is important to you, Halloran has this advice: «Wherever you
eat, ask restaurant managers
about their
meat sourcing policies and practices and make sure they know that you're looking for options that are healthier not only for you but for the animals and the environment, too — including
meat produced without the routine use of antibiotics.»
Not
eating meat is
about having a heart for yourself, as an embodied creature, and so having a heart for others.
The churches say that one should exercise one's freedom on behalf of fellow humans, and cite Paul's argument
about eating meat: «If food is a cause of my brother's falling, I will never
eat meat, lest I cause my brother to fall» (1 Cor.
In their attempt to grow in holiness by carefully observing rules
about food and purity» the Pharisees may have kept themselves apart from ordinary people, rather as some vegetarians are reluctant to
eat with those who have chosen
meat, or as the early Methodists, with their stress on temperance, kept themselves apart from those who drank alcohol.
Paul's lengthiest discourse on Christian worship comes, oddly, in the midst of his answers to questions
about eating meat sacrificed to idols, which he addresses in his first letter to the Corinthians.
Now on our scale of concerns, what to do
about meat sacrificed to idols ranks somewhere below decisions
about whether to sod or seed the yard, but in Paul's day
eating meat was a question
about the limits of Christian participation in pagan culture.
We have so many bigger problems in this country than to care
about what these people do on Sundays or when they can and can't
eat meat or rub carbon on their forehead.
It's not
about eating meat, Paul counseled; it is
about loving others.
He also struck those who were
eating steak after they had complained
about the manna and demanded
meat (and after He struck them mid-meal, they puked it out their noses).
There is nothing at all immoral
about eating meat.
He writes
about the sixteen days he spent sailing the Pacific Ocean with five buddies and a crate of canned
meat, the time he took his kids on a world tour to
eat ice cream with heads of state, his stubbornness in getting into law school by sitting on a bench outside the dean's office for seven days until they finally let him enroll, his «office» at Tom Sawyer Island at Disneyland, the flowers he sent to the elderly woman who nearly killed him running a stop sign, the work he's done to free Ugandan children from prison.
You might have disagreement
about what kind of
meat to
eat.
Paul seems to talking
about the conflict between those who thought that
eating the
meat was a literal ingesting of demonic things and those who held that these meals were just ordinary food not actual occult substance and only symbolic if you believed them to be.
On the one hand, Jesus
ate meat (lamb and fish at least) and probably had no qualms
about killing animals for food.
And if we're so worried
about our health, stop doing all the things that cause bad health like smoking and
eating so much red
meat.
What
about this, should a regulation be passed that would force PETA to accept members who
eat meat and wear furs, and speak out to promote whaling in American waters...
8, Paul bases his teaching
about eating meat offered to idols on the principlethat love is more important than knowledge.
In comparison to Ella «s diet I am still
eating meat and fish (but only
about once a week) and I am still
eating eggs.
For example, when he is giving exact instructions to the Corinthians
about eating meat he uses a structure almost legal in form.
I was just on your PHILOSOPHY / ALL
ABOUT ME page and noticed at the end you wrote that you don't
eat «
meat and diary» as it doesn't sit well with you.
I'm not sure exactly how much 40g is but personally I don't advice listening to such crazy strict rolls, if you're not
eating processed food / dairy /
meat then it really doesn't matter and if they make you feel healthy and awesome then really don't worry
about measuring grams!
I know it is a bit early to talk
about grilling dishes, but who isn't excited to
eat salad with grill
meat outside in the company of our best friends??! I am, and I can't wait to be able to invite my friends over and have a summer BBQ on my patio!
Tom would
eat about 20 of those tacos you made, somehow refried beans are ok if hidden with
meat in a taco My favorite motivating song is Common's song Universal Mind Control.
But I don't
eat meat anyway How
about we share the puppy?
Instead, he would
eat sandwiches made with thick slices of homemade bread, piled with a variety of cured
meat, cheese, pickled peppers, olives, or just
about any other type of vegetable.
For one, plenty of non-vegans don't
eat enough fiber, vitamins, and minerals, but you don't see me asking
meat -
eating strangers
about their nutritional deficiencies, do you?
Nothing
about that has changed but the sharing of it, either at a friend or relatives», or just spontaneously going out to
eat, has shifted dramatically in the last decade as I began to develop more tactics for avoiding
eating with others, or later, when I realized many of my health problems were attributed to food intolerances, and most friends and family no longer knew how to prepare food that was gluten, dairy, and for the most part
meat - free.
If you don't
eat meat, I understand your concern
about protein.
And I was feeding a few men who get a lot more excited
about eating something if it includes
meat.)
My husband is adamant
about eating meat with every meal.
I'm all
about finding the most friendly ways to
eat meat — both for the environment and for the animals — and it sounds like this is a great way to do the same with the curing process!
This
meat is intriguing as well, but I am not so sure
about the grains it is fed... I would need to know EXACTLY what it's
eating.
Even many of the «but but what
about X tribe» shows that while they
eat corn or potatoes or whatever, they also consume
meat or at very least, lots of insects and spiders.
For the past couple years my 14yo daughter has been talking
about not
eating meat too (gross - out factor), plus she has friends who are vegetarian.
I recently saw a documentary, called «Food Inc.» I was already on the fence
about not
eating meat before and now that I've seen how animals are treated and the disgusting ways they're forced to live until they're killed for their
meat has completely opened my eyes.
If you're concerned
about getting your kids to
eat tofu, follow Copley's lead: She marinates the
meat substitute in teriyaki sauce, so it's slightly sweet, and more to their liking.
I
eat much less
meat than I used to once I learned
about how animals are treated.
It's been happening for a while now — I just hadn't taken notice, though I wrote
about eating meat a couple of years ago.
That's another thing I love
about this meal: tagines are traditionally
eaten communally, with diners gathered around the tagine
eating by hand, using pieces of bread to scoop up
meat, veggies and sauce.
Through conversations I can easily see that meeting someone who doesn't
eat meat is very uncommon here, it's not rude to bluntly talk
about someones weight, and what you do for work is important.
Oh yeah Lisa, I have no qualms
about eating meat and dairy and I have no trouble processing gluten, but sometimes, all the hormones in animal products freak me out!