#vegetarian #vegan #evolution Originally shared by Sean P. O. MacCath-Moran +Eve Volve: "Meat allowed us to evolve" Really? I think you're mistaken to believe this is a certainty, but what causes you to believe this is so, +Eve Volve ? As I understand it, there have been healthy, thriving vegetarians and vegans for as long as there have been humans. Some were so due to moral or ethical concerns, others due to resource utilization issues, others due to cultural taboos. All other factors being equal, the veg(etari)ans have thrived, and continue to do so. For some more recent historical examples of vegans, we can look at Pythagoras, the "Pythagoreans" (as vegans were called for the following 1300 years), along with a plethora of like-minded contemporaries (e.g. goo.gl/lgDBL ). Buddhists, Jainists, et al., have been doing grand as veg(etari)ans since around the 6th century BCE. Prior to this, there's compelling reason to believe that most people were veg...
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ReplyDeleteThank god for Indian food... Vegan options that taste as good or better than meat and meat dishes with lots of veggies and sauces
ReplyDeleteMeat is the Least of Your Worries
ReplyDeleteApproximately 40 percent of food in the U.S. goes to waste. Food and Agriculture Organization
Roughly one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year — approximately 1.3 billion tons — gets lost or wasted. Food and Agriculture Organization
Every year, consumers in rich countries waste almost as much food (222 million tons) as the entire net food production of sub-Saharan Africa (230 million tons). Food and Agriculture Organization
Over 97% of food waste generated ends up in the landfill. (Environmental Protection Agency)
33 million tons of food makes its way to landfills each year. (Environmental Protection Agency)
Consumer and foodservice food waste is the largest source of food loss in the marketing chain. Economic Research Services
Food waste that goes to the landfill breaks down anaerobically and produces methane; methane is 21 times more potent than CO2 as a greenhouse gas. (Environmental Protection Agency)
In 2008, the EPA estimated that food waste cost roughly $1.3 billion to dispose of in landfills. (Journal of Consumer Affairs)
While the cost of synthetic meat (lab grown) is coming down substantially, we still waste 1.3 billion tons per year. That includes all the food (at the top of your chart) that gets thrown out and never makes it to the store simply because of minor defects.
The problem isn't eating meat. We've solved that one in the labs already and are working to commercialize it proper. The problem is wasting food altogether for really dumb reasons