111 Ethical Eating Day – Due
1/11/2018
Ethical
Eating means choosing a vegetarian diet and locally produced food because such
personal choices prevent global warming and combat climate change.
Why Vegetarian? Nearly 1/5 of all greenhouse gases are
attributed to livestock production – more than what is generated by
transportation. 70% of crops grown are fed to livestock, which produce large
amounts of waste and methane -a heat- trapping gas more than 25 times than
carbon dioxide. 30% of the land on Earth is in some way used to raise the
animals we eat, which results in land degradation, loss of biodiversity, air
and water pollution, and water shortages.
Why Local? The
food on one’s plate travels, on average, a distance of 1,500 miles. Locally
grown food tastes better than food grown at a distance, as it is generally
safer and fresher. Knowing the producers enables us to assess the quality of
food and having multiple small food producers limits extent of harmful
substances that may make it into the food system. Industrial livestock farms
create very few jobs; and, in fact, drastically reduce jobs when they replace
family farms, causing individual farmers in the US to suffer.
~ Change starts with us and it can
start one day at a time. ~
請響應 「111世界蔬醒日」 - 111 Ethical Eating Day
撰稿: 李慧雯老師 (十年慈悲班)
