Going Meatless for the Environment
We’re a family of meat eaters, both coming from a long line of carnivores (except for my vegetarian sister). Mike and Sofie and I love meat, plus Mike is on a high-protein diet in which he eats lots of it. However, yesterday we started Meatless Thursdays as a new tradition in the DeForbes household. Our reasons have nothing to do with diet or moral issues. It’s environmental; we’re taking another small step to fight global warming. Last year, the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization estimated that meat production accounts for nearly one-fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions. These are mainly emitted during feed production, livestock transportation and animal gases. Those cute grazing cows emit methane, a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon. If everyone went meatless one day per week, the demand for meat would greatly decrease and do much to offset the threat of global warming. Less demand … Continue reading
