Happy World Vegetarian Day!
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto 
on 10. 1.08
TreeHugger keeps saying that one of the best things you can do to reduce your carbon footprint is to eat less meat; in the UK some are even proposing that it be rationed. Perhaps today is good day to go without; it is World Vegetarian Day.
The North American Vegetarian Society suggests some other good reasons not to eat meat:
Benefits of vegetarianism include:
• reducing the risk of major killers like heart disease, stroke and cancers while cutting exposure to food borne pathogens;
• offering a viable answer to feeding the world's hungry, through more efficient use of grains and other crops;
• saving animals from suffering in factory farm conditions and from painful slaughter;
• conserving vital, but limited freshwater, fertile topsoil and other precious resources;
• preserving irreplaceable ecosystems, such as rainforests and other wildlife habitats;
• mitigating the ever-expanding environmental pollution of animal agriculture; and the list goes on. ::World Vegetarian Day
More TreeHugger on Vegetarianism:
Proven: Vegetarians Live Longer
Cut Global Warming by Becoming Vegetarian
Smart Kids More Likely to be Vegetarians
How to Become a Vegetarian
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