Costs for locally grown foods are relatively inexpensive (vs. the high
environmental and distribution costs associated with producing industrialized animal products and processed food.) Compare a huge bag of vegetables for $10 vs. $40 for a bag of processed food!
The health benefits of eating plant-based whole foods reduces health care costs. In my own case, I have not taken any medications for over 32 years. When I went for an eye exam the other day, the optometrist asked me what drugs I was taking, and when I said "none" he was surprised.
Ethical:
We reap what we sow! Eating plant-based foods instills peace and harmony, vs. eating animals and animal-based products, which negatively affects other creatures and perpetuates violence. After becoming strictly vegetarian, I could see more clearly the pain and suffering we are causing every day in the slaughter of animals. It feels good to live on this planet without another animal being killed for my pleasure.
Evolutionarily Correct:
We are biologically designed to eat mainly plants. Our teeth have more molars for
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