My Carbon Footprint

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It is with humility, integrity and reassurance that I post the following.  A quick note of the day just to share what’s on my mind.  Recently the movie Food, Inc. hit select theaters and I enjoyed watching this fascinating documentary, even though I wish it had hit more theaters than it did, which doesn’t make me less grateful for the ones that it DID show at.

I’m thankful for movies that expose the truth.

I’m thankful for movies that expose the truth on the food industry; truth that I’ve known about far longer than any of my peers.

This movie was very well done, objectively told, but I would like to say that I still feel like the world is stuck.  I encourage all of you out there to research for yourselves, (don’t listen to me!) the benefits of a vegan lifestyle.  Food, Inc. was indeed a good movie, but it only takes you halfway…eating NON-factory farmed animals is better for the earth and the animals, but still not the best.

If we want to see measurable results at this point, I feel that we’d all need to completely stop eating animals.  Eating organic, grass-fed animals is not enough.  It simply is not enough.

From a practical standpoint, we are still using too much land for meal-time animals (and their plant food) that could be used for OUR  plant food.  Translation: Human society raises vegetarian animals only to eat their meat.  Why not skip the flesh and go vegetarian (vegan!) ourselves?  Skip the “animal filter”?  Essentially we are omnivores eating vegetarians by taking the “organic, grass-fed” route.

My point is, the knowledge I knew 15 years ago, is finally starting to become mainstream today.  Vegan is almost a household term.   I can’t convince anyone to go vegan.  But facts are facts.  It has to be a choice you make on your own.  It was for me.  Food, Inc. encourages the consumption of grass-eating, organically raised animals.    In another 15 years, will there be a film about the benefits to us being the “organic grass eaters” and the benefits of a vegan diet?  Being a vegan holds huge advantages for myself, the animals I save, the earth I live on, the air I breathe and those yet to join the team.  I can’t wait to see the revolution of knowledge, the incorporation of real change, beyond the pastures, beyond the feathers of chickens and the feed of corn.  If I did it at 15, anyone can do it!  It’s easy, fun and tasty!  Don’t waste time and wait another 15 years for a new film to come out.  We have the knowledge.  We have the power.   And all this time, I’m sitting here, already doing what the new big fuss is about…reducing my carbon footprint in the best way possible–being vegan~