A friend sent me a link to the Beef Daily Blog today and there is a post written by Amanda Nolz about an article she recently stumbled upon in SELF magazine titled “Veg Out.”
“Veg Out” defines the different types of vegetarianism, which include being a vegetarian, a vegan, a pescatarian, a fruitarian, or a raw foodist. It also offers vegetarian diet menus and recipes. (Check out Amanda’s post to read more about the article).
The part of the article that really misses the mark discusses Ethical Eating 101 and it detailed ways to lessen your impact on the Earth by minimizing your meat intake. The article said, “Transporting cattle, farming grain for feed and cows’ own emissions of methane and nitrous oxide (farts) are major greenhouse-gas producers. If every American had one meat-free day a week, it would have the same impact as taking 8 million cars off the road, according to the Environmental Defense Fund in New York City.”
This article was a six-page spread in the magazine, and even portrayed Hollywood Stars and what their eating habits were. Carrie Underwood was portrayed for her vegetarianism and Jessica Simpson was also portrayed on the other side wearing a “Real Girls Eat Meat” t-shirt.
Amanda Nolz, the author of the blog post, is asking the agriculture community to stand together and tell our story. Please help Amanda by taking a few minutes out of your busy day to contact SELF and let them know the truth about meat and dairy products and how farmers and ranchers are caring for the environment.