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{{Wikipedia p|Vegetarianism}} | |||
{{Wikipedia p|Veganism}} | |||
Vegetarianism is a life-style choice to forgo the consumption meat. People may implement this to varying degrees. Some vegetarians are more 'strict' than others. | |||
Reasons for vegetarianism include: | |||
* moral reasons (animal welfare) - sometimes rejecting all meat-eating, sometimes rejecting the cruelty of modern farming practices. | |||
* environmental reasons - the greater resource use required to produce meat in many cases; depletion of fishing stocks. | |||
* personal health - some people have conditions that are made worse by the eating of some kinds of meat. | |||
Many vegetarians will still eat eggs and/or [[dairy]], sometimes restricting these to free-range or organic products. (Organic certification often includes a greater emphasis on animal welfare than conventional factory farming). [[Vegan]]s eat no animal products. | |||
A vegan is a particular adherent to a stringent vegetarianism, where even animal derived products, including [[dairy]] and [[eggs]] are not consumed. Some even go so far as to avoid all animal products, not just [[food]]: leathers, furs, feathers, bone, etc. | |||
'''Warning''' Research is crucial when entering into any significant diet change. Some extreme cases have resulted in death. [http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/vegans-sentenced-to-life-for-starving/20070509155909990001?ecid=RSS0001] | |||
==Promoting vegetarianism== | |||
Delicious vegetarian recipes do exist. If people don't believe you, get some top-rated vegetarian recipes from web sites (5 star or at least more than 4.5 average, preferably with a very large number of ratings) and share the recipes and perhaps the food itself with your friends. | |||
==External Links== | |||
* [http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0120-20.htm Vegetarian is the New Prius] - on CommonDreams.org, by Kathy Freston, January 20, 2007 the Huffington Post. | |||
* [http://www.animalliberation.org.au/envleaflet.php Vegetarianism and the Environment], Animal Liberation Inc. (South Australia) - includes interesting graphs of the relative impacts of various human activities. | |||
* [http://www.animalliberation.org.au/vegconf.php Environmental aspects of Animal Liberation: Real conservationists don't eat meat], Animal Liberation Inc. (South Australia) - a talk by by Geoff Russell, prepared for a vegetarian conference, Adelaide, March 1997. | |||
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Vegetarianism is a life-style choice to forgo the consumption meat. People may implement this to varying degrees. Some vegetarians are more 'strict' than others.
Reasons for vegetarianism include:
- moral reasons (animal welfare) - sometimes rejecting all meat-eating, sometimes rejecting the cruelty of modern farming practices.
- environmental reasons - the greater resource use required to produce meat in many cases; depletion of fishing stocks.
- personal health - some people have conditions that are made worse by the eating of some kinds of meat.
Many vegetarians will still eat eggs and/or dairy, sometimes restricting these to free-range or organic products. (Organic certification often includes a greater emphasis on animal welfare than conventional factory farming). Vegans eat no animal products.
A vegan is a particular adherent to a stringent vegetarianism, where even animal derived products, including dairy and eggs are not consumed. Some even go so far as to avoid all animal products, not just food: leathers, furs, feathers, bone, etc.
Warning Research is crucial when entering into any significant diet change. Some extreme cases have resulted in death. [1]
Promoting vegetarianism
Delicious vegetarian recipes do exist. If people don't believe you, get some top-rated vegetarian recipes from web sites (5 star or at least more than 4.5 average, preferably with a very large number of ratings) and share the recipes and perhaps the food itself with your friends.
External Links
- Vegetarian is the New Prius - on CommonDreams.org, by Kathy Freston, January 20, 2007 the Huffington Post.
- Vegetarianism and the Environment, Animal Liberation Inc. (South Australia) - includes interesting graphs of the relative impacts of various human activities.
- Environmental aspects of Animal Liberation: Real conservationists don't eat meat, Animal Liberation Inc. (South Australia) - a talk by by Geoff Russell, prepared for a vegetarian conference, Adelaide, March 1997.