Cohousing-L Mailing List: forced vegearianism

[Diana Porter (porterd]

I attended the Communities conference last week-end in Yellow Spring, 
Ohio and attended a great session on sustainability in Cuba.  Because of 
the US embargo and the fall of the Soviet Union, Cuba has no oil to 
produce energy.  Their tractors idle, they now plow their fields with 
oxen and have made great strides in organic gardening.  The average 
Cuban lost 20 poinds in the first few lean years.  Now they eat meat 
only twice a week but due to their "forced vegetarianism"  the rest of 
the time, they are very healthy and leading a much more sustainable 
lifestyle.  

Communities that only have common meals twice a week or so could easily 
agree to eat vegetarian (which doesn't have to be "starchy") just to 
simplify things for the cooks and to do their part to eat lower on the 
food chain.  The rest of the week, people can do what they want. 
Offering vegetarian cooking classes and inviting in ethnic vegetarian 
cooks to share the secrets of the diet that the majority of the world 
eats could be quite rewarding.

Often, receipes can be rethought to be vegan.  The community could put 
its heads together and come up with 30 gourmet vegetarian/vegan receipes 
that meet their dietary needs and not sacrifice a delicious, well 
balanced meal.  Maybe we should learn from Cuba.  "Forced vegetarianism" 
in the common house might not be a bad idea--you can eat meat the rest 
of the week.

Diana Porter
Cincinnati Ecovillage

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