Editor,
If we give a damn about climate change, about saving water, about water pollution, about saving forests; if we give damn about cruelty to animals, about all hungry people worldwide having enough to eat, about our own health, stop eating all meat and dairy — cheese, milk, ice cream, eggs. Even worse than using cars and planes, eating meat and dairy is the number one cause of climate chaos.
More people can be fed from the same amount of farmland growing grain, seeds, nuts, greens, vegetables and fruit for people to eat than by growing crops to feed cows, pigs, chickens and then people eating those animals.
The Sierra Club, Greenpeace and most U.S. environmental organizations refuse to say these truths because they fear turning off many supporters and not getting their money.
Watch the powerful documentary Cowspiracy on Netflix or borrow the DVD free through interlibrary loan or borrow it from me.
My parents ran the oldest cattle and hog auction market in our Illinois county where I grew up. I worked in that cruel business for years. I stopped eating all meat and dairy many years ago. We can wake up - we can change.
Don Schrader
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