Cohousing-L Mailing List: vegetarian & vegan, common meals

[Matthew Woodbury (73653.1535]

I just started "lurking" in this group so forgive me if someone already
asked this question.  I am a vegan, that means I do not eat meat, fish,
milk, & eggs.  I started doing this because of my wife's research.  This
showed that for health reasons (wanting a good maintained "healthy" diet)
we made this drastic shift.  Recently we have become aware of bio-friendly
reasons we are doing this too.  A farmer can raise more pounds of
vegatables per acre than cattle.  Grasing contributes to run-off/erosion.

        Correct me if I am wrong but I am hoping this concern for a
healthy community should start with a concern for a healthy body.  I
notice that some "real men" wax and shine and maintain their cars better
than that same stereotypical group takes care of old flesh and blood.

        Does anyone out there deal with a cohousing group that is part
vegan or even just vegetarian? How does this work with shared meals.  My
wife and our 2 year old and I want very much to go into cohousing NOW and
also want to maintain our high-test fuel consumption. 

        Nyland, in Lafayette Colorado is near me and is a primarily
vegetarian cohousing development.  I know they exist, but what happens
when there is not a majority of vegetarians/vegans and we still want to
partake of shared meals.  I can't think of a better way to keep the group
glued together than shared meals.  When people eat together they become
brothers, don't you think?

thanks,
Matthew Woodbury