During my time in university, I have had the opportunity to learn a lot about the issues our environment and societies face but systematically uphold. The #1 pollutant in the world comes from CAFO's (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations), or in other words, killing centers, in order to feed our addiction to meat. From feeding our body meat and dairy pumped with hormones that affect our health to depleting the earth's resources to sustain the animals until they are ripe for mature ladies wedding apparels in tea length ... killing, to the terrible conditions and deaths of all these animals, to the methane leaking into our water systems (and ultimately creating dead zones in the ocean), meat is a BAD industy.
And yet, people keep sending this industry their dollar.
The most common excuse people use is, "How else will I get my protein? It's healthy to eat meat". Well, the truth is, there are SO many other foods that provide protein! Some main foods include: spinach, beans and rice, nuts, lentils, green peas, artichoke, various seeds, oats, edamame, broccoli, asparagus, chickpeas, etc.~the list goes on!
The point is, this industry is killing not just the animals, but our planet and ourselves. Even if you decide to just eat less meat without cutting it out completely; it makes a difference.
We live in societies where eating meat is a matter of desire and CHOICE, having every kind of food at our fingertips. Let's use our power of choice to help the the animals, the world and if not for those, ourselves.