Americans are eating less meat, and this is incredibly good news for a number of reasons. It means that fewer natural resources are being consumed in order to produce more meat, and it also hopefully means that people are making healthier eating choices (the article suggests that health is the main reason people are making the switch, but I have a suspicion that the cost of meat is a large factor as well). But a 12% drop in the last five years? That's pretty remarkable.
As a pesco-vegetarian (pescartarian?) for the last 15+ years, it heartens me to think that people are taking something like Meatless Mondays seriously. And I hope that Meatless Mondays can eventually become meatless weekends or weekdays for whole groups of people. Veggies are delicious, and cows are important -- don't ever forget that! Oh, and this: Eating red meat is associated with a sharply increased risk of death from cancer and heart disease, according to a new study. Just saying!
Yes cows are important! I agree with eating less meat and I would add that when eating meat, like everything else, make and educated choice: choose to eat grass fed cows and boycott meat factories. Supporting local farmers who raise their cows in green pastures form birth to market can make a huge difference on our health, the economy of our community and guess what... climate change too (think methane).
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