Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: RE: meat, forced vegetarianism, etc.

[Elizabeth Stevenson (tamgoddess]

Racheli, this is a good point, that I didn't bring up in my earlier post,
since it was pretty long. It still hasn't posted, so maybe I'll post it
again if I don't see it soon.

I only eat meat that is free-range, for the reasons you listed below. Also,
meat at our common meals is usually not what you would find at your typical
American's dinner table. I'm sure it's less, and very little red meat. I did
serve red meat at a common meal recently, but it was entirely grass-fed. I
had to make everything else from scratch so I could stay within budget,
which is another concern with buying meat and why we don't serve as much of
it as I said above.

Liz
> 
> Hey TR,
> 
> Here is my personal perspective:
> 
> As to your juicy steaks and such: There are good reasons to cut down on
> eating meat, other than how it might affect one's health. This is
> especially true with beef: Raising one pound of beef utilizes at least
> 2,000 gallons of water.  Depending on how the animals are raised, there is
> reason to worry about their well being, as well as about other forms of
> environmental damage (overgrazing and such). If we go back to the health
> issue - unless you buy organic meat, or grow your own, there are issues to
> do with hormones, traces of antibiotic drugs (given to animals to make
> them grow faster), traces of biocides, and more.
> My point in mentioning these isn't to determine whether one should or
> shouldn't eat meat, but to suggest that not all meats are created  equal -
> in terms of environmental costs; the kinds of chemicals which  might be
> present in the substance on your plate; etc.
> 
> 
> R. (an omnivore).

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