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

[Elaine (itchyink]

I also wanted to add that grass-fed meat, though expensive, is the
healthiest, earth-friendliest (although i won't pretend it's friendly to the
animals) way to go. Animals are not meant to eat grain.
elaine

> From: Elizabeth Stevenson <tamgoddess [at] comcast.net>
> Reply-To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:48:49 -0700
> To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_RE: meat, forced vegetarianism, etc.
> 
> 
> 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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