Rethinking the Meat Guzzler

A week or so ago, a friend sent me a link to an article in the New York Times.  It is entitled Rethinking the Meat Guzzler.  It is a powerful take on our need to reduce our meat consumption.  It is not graphic.  Please, do read it.

Have you ever seen a real feedlot or a photo of one?  I hadn't.  It is quite disturbing.  There is no mention within this article about the details of what goes on within a feedlot, but you can imagine.  

*At about 5 percent of the world’s population, we “process” (that is, grow and kill) nearly 10 billion animals a year, more than 15 percent of the world’s total.*

The author of this article is not a vegetarian.  I am excited and thankful to see this type of information in mainstream media.  I would love to see meat eating reduced.  You all know about my compassion towards animals. 

*Animal welfare may not yet be a major concern, but as the horrors of raising meat in confinement become known, more animal lovers may start to react. And would the world not be a better place were some of the grain we use to grow meat directed instead to feed our fellow human beings?*

In Bill Cosby's words (although not pertaining to this), "Come on People!"