where’s the beef? better eat it now

May 27th, 2008 at 11:44pm Jennie Pollock

sorry that “go green” has been quiet lately. blame the holiday weekend and a ton of news.

i’m happy to report that i’ve gotten a few e-mails as a result of the blog. one reader, shelly hawes-smith, challenged me to go “veggie” for a week. in a quick look, i found a few reasons why doing so is good for the planet. apparently, a whole lot of water resources and a third of fossil fuels are spent toward animal agriculture. plus, animals need land for grazing that could otherwise be protected or used for planting.

i have to say, that would be probably harder than avoiding plastic but maybe easier than buying local, another challenge. i was raised as a meat-and-potatoes girl. at least i like peanut butter. i’ll have to commit to that in june. yep, you heard it here. not sure i’ll be able to sway the family, but i’ll investigate meat substitutes beforehand. and fish, i guess.

so, i leave you with a clip from an old wendy’s ad….

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