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In reply to the discussion: Federal report: Vegan diet best for planet [View all]handmade34
(24,009 posts)39. all environmental and health groups
say the same thing... the only groups protesting this are the beef and other livestock industries
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/meat-and-environment/
http://www.worldwatch.org/node/549
http://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/johns-hopkins-center-for-a-livable-future/projects/meatless_monday/resources/meat_consumption.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/02/19/eating-a-lot-of-meat-is-hurting-the-environment-and-you-should-stop-top-u-s-nutritional-panel-says/
http://www.fao.org/ag/magazine/0612sp1.htm
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"My right to a clean future and my kid's future trumps your right to have bacon." Nope
cstanleytech
Apr 2015
#6
Maybe we all oughta dump whatever we want in the rivers and leave others alone.
ZombieHorde
Apr 2015
#32
Perhaps, but cow pasturage isn't so evil as a monoculture herbicide soaked corn farm
bhikkhu
Apr 2015
#14
Jump in with great recipes at PostPunkKitchen. Isa Chandler writes great cookbooks
KittyWampus
Apr 2015
#49
Odd - the article uses the word 3 times, once in a direct quote from the paper
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2015
#112
In civil society, humans have greater rights than animals who are part of humanity's food chain,
closeupready
Apr 2015
#58
Animals can not be citizens of society; thus, no, people have no obligation to bestow them with
closeupready
Apr 2015
#61
The resource concentration mechanism we call civilization probably isn't good for the planet either
The2ndWheel
Apr 2015
#81