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sendero

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1. This is good news...

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2013, 05:48 PM

Dec 2013

... for the planet and for our individual health.

My wife is vegan, I tried it and just couldn't do it. But I have definitely lowered my meat consumption and intend to keep lowering it.

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Peak meat: is animal consumption falling out of style in the US? [View all] G_j Dec 2013 OP

This is good news... sendero Dec 2013 #1

I haven't tried to go vegetarian or vegan, LWolf Dec 2013 #2

I am a vegetarian and I love Quorn's faux meats. RebelOne Dec 2013 #4

I tried lots of meat substitutes.. sendero Dec 2013 #5

they can do a pretty good job replicating chicken stuff, but beef is trickier. dionysus Dec 2013 #7

I think getting the protein from other sources LWolf Dec 2013 #8

quorn and morningstar both make pretty good stuff. i'll eat it even though i still enjoy meat dionysus Dec 2013 #6

There was this vegan Chinese place I used to go to sakabatou Dec 2013 #3

I'm going to give up everything except... Neoma Dec 2013 #9

It is just rebalancing of global consumption along with more equivalent standards of living FarCenter Dec 2013 #10