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When your food choices contribute to deforestation, it is my business.

When your food choices contribute to desertification, it is my business.



When your food choices contribute to air and water pollution, it is my business.

When your food choices contribute to global warming, it is my business.

When your food choices contribute to topsoil erosion, it is my business.

When your food choices contribute to the depletion of our aquifers, it is my business.

When your food choices contribute to an enormous waste of energy resources and reliance on fossil fuels, it is my business.

When your food choices contribute to medical costs that are so out of control, I can't even afford medical care should I ever need it, it is my business.

When your food choices contribute to millions of people starving to death each year, it is my business.

When your food choices contribute to billions of animals being treated like machines instead of sentient beings, being forced to live out their lives in constant misery, and ultimately being savagely slaughtered, it is my business. 

You see, it's my planet, too, and I am inexorably linked to all life upon it, just as you are. If you harm the water, the air, the soil, the fishes, the cows, the sheep, the pigs, the chickens, or whatever other life form, it affects me, profoundly. What I don't understand, is why you don't realize that it affects you even more profoundly. How spiritually and physically crippling it must be to contribute to the demise of life on so grand a scale at each and every meal.

It's time to seriously reconsider your food choices. More and more people are choosing a plant-based diet, because it is compassionate and sustainable. And when you do, too, your body, the animals, and the planet will all thank you for years to come.

 

http://youcangreenyourcuisine.com

Gail Davis is the author of several books on plant-based eating including So, Now What Do I Eat? and Vegetarian Food For Thought: Quotations and Inspirations. As a self-described "foodie," a food coach, and chef's consultant (more...)
 

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THIS IS A RELIGION by WML on Sunday, Oct 5, 2008 at 11:13:33 PM
You want to talk about forcing people to eat ... by Mr M on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:41:00 AM
Religion, Life, and Political Freedom by Gail Davis on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 12:34:54 PM
Religion of Kindness by UncleSim on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 4:51:22 PM
Enlightening Article by Kellie Morton on Sunday, Oct 5, 2008 at 11:59:49 PM
If I were a plant (crop?) by pft on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 2:05:03 AM
Talking points memo by Susan Saphire on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 2:19:32 AM
This Old by shadow dancer on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 2:24:06 AM
I said nothing of this ... by Gail Davis on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 12:42:37 PM
Preventing animal cruelty is everyone's business by colleen dekoning on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 4:38:08 AM
Who's Business by colleen dekoning on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:06:53 AM
AS MY COMMENT MADE PERFECTLY CLEAR by WML on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:59:02 AM
Why eating is the question by sometimes blinded on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 8:27:03 AM
Dogmatism and intolerance by francine on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:57:49 AM
Not only beef by Gail Davis on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 12:53:52 PM
We are the superior species, right? by KD on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:17:14 PM
KD by WML on Tuesday, Oct 7, 2008 at 7:23:31 PM
When tallying up the damage scores, well, actually ... No! by Gail Davis on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:17:20 PM
The USA is the sickest Society in the world by Mel Smith on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:21:20 PM
Bugs by UncleSim on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:21:51 PM
I appreciate that you took the time to read my article! by Gail Davis on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:39:02 PM
Crises? by UncleSim on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:40:58 PM
"Pet issues"? by Gail Davis on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 11:53:07 PM
Yes, Pet Issues by UncleSim on Saturday, Oct 11, 2008 at 2:57:57 PM
Environmental Devastation by UncleSim on Saturday, Oct 11, 2008 at 5:00:52 PM
I gave-up eating all animals, including fish ... by Mr M on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 3:58:55 PM
Frightening stuff ... by Gail Davis on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 6:16:57 PM
Well said! by Arnold Freeman on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:19:36 PM
You said it very well too, Arnold.... by Vegan Marr on Tuesday, Oct 7, 2008 at 3:00:39 AM
It's about time! by Barker on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:33:34 PM
Does Planet Earth by shadow dancer on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 11:06:30 PM
All any of us can do ... by Gail Davis on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 11:38:08 PM
shadow dancer by WML on Tuesday, Oct 7, 2008 at 7:44:29 PM
My business and nobody else's by Scott on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 11:17:06 PM
Tigers and crocodiles and birds and spiders, oh my! by Gail Davis on Monday, Oct 6, 2008 at 11:46:22 PM
If we each lived in our own little enclosed cubicle, by Vegan Marr on Tuesday, Oct 7, 2008 at 5:09:24 AM
Why by shadow dancer on Tuesday, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:03:55 AM
You keep missing the point ... by Gail Davis on Tuesday, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:05:10 AM
You Keep by shadow dancer on Tuesday, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:17:42 PM
Moral Imperative by Michael Richardson on Tuesday, Oct 7, 2008 at 12:18:47 PM
And thank you, Michael ... by Gail Davis on Tuesday, Oct 7, 2008 at 4:24:32 PM
good discussion by CasaZaza on Tuesday, Oct 7, 2008 at 12:37:26 PM
Great humor! by Gail Davis on Tuesday, Oct 7, 2008 at 4:31:16 PM
Were are ALL responsible by Spice Williams-Crosby on Tuesday, Oct 7, 2008 at 7:55:07 PM
Going Green by Gail Davis on Tuesday, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:34:02 PM
So by shadow dancer on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2008 at 11:26:12 AM
Oh, my ... by Gail Davis on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2008 at 4:40:17 PM
Gail by shadow dancer on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2008 at 8:26:08 PM
Shadow Dancer, I'm deeply saddened by Gail Davis on Thursday, Oct 9, 2008 at 12:20:45 PM
Wonder by shadow dancer on Thursday, Oct 9, 2008 at 3:02:13 PM
GAIL by WML on Saturday, Oct 11, 2008 at 5:52:22 PM
Government Regulation? Maybe Not Such a Bad Idea. by Gail Davis on Monday, Oct 13, 2008 at 11:51:36 AM
GAIL by WML on Wednesday, Oct 15, 2008 at 2:47:40 PM
U.N, Report by shadow dancer on Monday, Oct 13, 2008 at 3:41:42 AM
Sioux Wisdom by Gail Davis on Monday, Oct 13, 2008 at 7:54:07 PM
Back In by shadow dancer on Tuesday, Oct 14, 2008 at 4:24:00 AM
The Book by shadow dancer on Tuesday, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:08:55 PM

 
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