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Join the veggie debate
Are you a veggie or a carnivore? It’s an argument that’s been going on for years. Not only is being vegetarian supposedly better for your health, it has environmental benefits too. Read both sides of the argument from our Your Say writers and then have your say.
Victoria is vegetarian and proud and says it is the best way to save the planet, whereas Peter loves his meat and he’s not afraid to say so.
What do you think? Join our debate and add your comments below.
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The way I see it if we want to continue growing in numbers on this planet we will need to move to more sustainable lifestyles. In terms of food what are the options? 1. Work out how to grow meat in a lab 2. Solve the problem of animal emissions or 3. Go vegetarian. If we don't, methane will superheat this world, and we'll all be stuffed.
Personally I love meat, but I recognise I eat too much. I think this is because it's so easy to get. We need to moving away from factory farming, eating less meat and eating a diet more rounded. It's good for the heart, better for the planet, better for health. Besides have you ever tried a free range, organic beefburger? They are amazing! Can't afford them all the time mind you, but I guess that helps regulate my personal consumption.
By Gareth Jones,
July 10, 2007 8:11 PM
I agree with Gareth about not eating factory farmed meat. I like meat and think it has certain health benefits if eaten in moderation.
I have chosen to eat only locally produced free range meat, meaning I can afford to eat it less often therfore reducing my consumption. It tastes better, it's healthier, it is much better for the animals and for the environment.
My question to vegetarians - if we didn't eat cows then the problem of their methane gas production would not go away.. since there would be more cows roaming the planet would there not?
By ,
July 11, 2007 9:51 AM
I became a veggie in March this year after being fed up with eating mass produced meat & tastless food. I hadn't ate any red meat since before Christmas & figured I might as well make the leap & give up meat altogether! I don't miss it one bit & have had the best tasting curry & bolognaise since becoming a veggie. I did it largely because it was something I have wanted to be for a long time & finally felt the time was riught to go for it! All my friends think I am insane & try to convert me back- even my own brother wafts a bacon sandwich under my nose! But I am happy to think that by not eating meat, i am making a contribution, even if it is small, to being more sustainable.
By ,
July 12, 2007 10:57 PM
Hello Kate B. In answer to your question. If less cattle was being bred for consumption then there would not be more cows. If we breed less of them, then there will be less of them. Of course there would still be some cows, but nowhere near the scale there is now.
And before anyone says it - yes it would be ok to halt the breeding of cows and eliminate some cattle farms. They are being bred to be killed, not to live a joyful life, so to stop this would not be cruel but actually humane.
By ,
July 13, 2007 11:42 AM
I have been a vegetarian for 11 years and I hate to say it but I don't meet many vegetarians that I like. They (we) can be more than a little preachy. I actually don't think it unethical to eat meat. We have always eaten meat and our bodies were designed for it. What I object to and the reason why I don't eat meat is the fact that meat has now become a comoditity. To explain, I watched a programme recently where they were trying to convert people to eating organic chicken rather than nasty processed, cheap stuff. This one woman objected on several different grounds, but eventually when asked to eat a duck, she admitted that she only buys organic ducks because they are cute and she just "doesn't like chickens". Similarly those people that get squeamish at the thought of eating rabbit or dog.
While it may be natural to eat meat we have to rear animals to kill them. Many live in such terrible conditions and are pumped full of drugs. People all to easily forget that animals have to live in order to die and as such their lives can often be gruesome.
By ,
July 19, 2007 6:20 PM
many years ago we HAD to eat meat for our survival but now that it is not necessary- why do it?
it is healthier not to eat meat, we live longer.
By ,
May 06, 2008 9:21 PM
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