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Green Challenge #4 – Eat a Vegan Meal Once a Week
Happy New Year!! It’s January 1, 2011. And you know what that means. Its time for the next Green Challenge. Green Challenge #4 – January 1, 2011-January 1, 2012 For this challenge, Chris and I will each eat a vegan meal once a week. Chances are, we will be cooking this meal together. But you’re probably wondering what going vegan has to do with the environment. A LOT! Most animal products we consume come from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, or CAFOs. CAFOs are also known as factory farms. A lot of environmental problems can be associated with these CAFOs. For example, according to the book Lucid Food: Cooking for an…
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I realized that I’ve never really discussed my meat or non-meat eating habits on my blog at length. One of the reasons is because I believe that what and why we choose to eat what we do is very personal. For me it is. After reading Julie’s post about eating Thanksgiving turkey ethically, I’ve decided to talk about my reasons for my eating habits on my blog. Some background info: In the fall of 2008, when I first began losing weight, I read “Skinny Bitch“. This book tells you to lose weight by eliminating meat and dairy from your diet. I believed that if I got rid of all red…